Publisher's Synopsis
A poor woman applied herself to Christ, and received mercy from Him by the way. If we do but touch, as it were, the hem of Christ's garment by living faith, our worst evils will be healed; there is no other real cure, nor need we fear His knowing things which are a grief and burden to us, but which we would not tell to any earthly friend. When Christ entered the ruler's house, He said, Give place. Sometimes, when the sorrow of the world prevails, it is difficult for Christ and His comforts to enter. The ruler's daughter was really dead, but not so to Christ. The death of the righteous is in a special manner to be looked on as only a sleep. The words and works of Christ may not at first be understood, yet they are not therefore to be despised. The people were put forth. Scorners who laugh at what they do not understand, are not proper witnesses of the wonderful works of Christ. Dead souls are not raised to spiritual life, unless Christ take them by the hand: it is done in the day of His power. (Jeremiah 31:3) The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."- Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
