Then Jesus took her by the hand and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”
Parallel translations
- WEB But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”
- KJV And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
- BSB But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- NKJV But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.”
- NASB He, however, took her by the hand and spoke forcefully, saying, “Child, arise!”
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Jesus takes the dead girl's hand and commands her to arise. With a word He calls life back into her body.
Overview
Putting the mourners outside, Jesus takes the child's hand and simply commands her to rise. He raises the dead not by ritual but by His own authoritative word. The act reveals Him as the Lord of life, prefiguring His own resurrection power.
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- Jer 31:32not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says Yahweh.
- Luke 8:51When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
- Acts 9:40Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- Mark 8:23He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
- Matt 9:25But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
- Luke 7:14–15He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
- John 5:28–29Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
- Mark 9:27But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
- John 11:43When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
- Mark 1:31He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
- Rom 4:17As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Mark 5:40–41They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
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