The Pulpit Commentary — Matthew — Volume 1 — Section 370

.Oame behind him, and tonohed the hem of his house. Accompanied by only Peter, James garment. Ilem; border (Revised Version); e.nd John (parallel pasaages), and th~ .-ou 1<pa<1,rl6ou: fimbriam (Vulge.te). The parents (Luke). And IBW. Apparently •izith," te.8&els or fringes of hyacinth blue from outside the room (cf. ver. 25). The or white wool, whioh every Israelite, by minstrels j flute-player, (Revised Version); reason of thepre8cription (Numb. xv.37, sqq.; -robs abll.71-rds. For musicians as mourners, Deut. x.xii. 12), h.e.d to wear at the four cf, 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. The Mishna oornere of his upper garment," Schlirer (II. (' Kethub.,' iv. 4; vide Lightfoot,' Hor. Hebr.,' ii. p. 112), who adds in a note," The colour of in Ice.) says, "Even the poorest among the the zizith is now white, while originally it Israelites (his wife being dead) will afford was to be of hye.ointh blue. The Mishna, her not less than two pipes, and one woman Menachoth, iv. 1, already pre8nppo8es that to make lamentation." And the peopl- both are allowed. They are also not now mere cr010d (Revised Version); 6xll.or- worn, B8 the Pente.teuch directs, and 88 was making a noise j tumult (Revised Version). still the custom in the time of Christ, on There was confusion as well as sound, as the upper garment (n•~p, lµrl-r,ov), but on Mnrk indicates still more clearly. Ver. 24.-He said unto them, Give place; the two square woollen shawls, one of which withdraw (lwax"'pe..re). Thie is no room for is always worn on the body, while the other mourners (cf. Acts ix. 40). l!'or the ma.id; is only wound round the head during damsel (Ilevised Version), to assimilate this prayer. Both th0Bll shawls are also called and ver. 25 to the other passages where Tallith." 1<oprl11,ov is found. la not dead, but aleepeth. Ver. 21.-J!'or she said within herself, If Our Lord looks forwl\l'd to the result of his I may; do (Revised Version). There is no coming. So also probably Acts xx. 10. To thought of permission (U,v µ&vov 3.,f,wµa,), take our Lord's words here as a literal lint touch his garment, I shall be whole ; statement of a present fact, meaning that she Bavcd (Revised Version margin). The three- was only in a trance, is to contradict the fold 11~(e,v is suggestive. Observe that words of the messenger (parallel passages), she is "saved" in spite of her superstition; our next succeeding clause, and Luke's ad- God "pitieth the blind that would gladly dition to it, "knowing that she was dead." see" (Hooker, 'Senn.,' ii. § 38). And they laughed him to scorn. Bengel Ver. 22.-But 1esua turned him about. suggests that they were afraid of losing the The order of the words shows that the payment for their work. thought centres, not on the action, but on Ver. 25.-But when the people (cro1Dd, the Person. It marks the transition of the Revised Vcrsion ; cf. ver. 23) were put forth, narrative from the woman to Christ. Fur- ha went in. Till they were cast out he would ther, "to understand the greatness of not enter. They with their hired sorrow Jesus' love, consider how a Pharisee might would disturb the reverential feelings esson- have treated one ceremonially so un- tio.l to the performance of such o miracle. clean" (Kiibel). And when he ■aw her. And took her by the hand, and the me.id The parallel passages show that this was (ver. 24, note) arose. Matthew omits all after his inquiry who it was, eto. Ke mention of Christ's words to her, but hie said, Daughter, be of good oomfort; good -/r-ylpB71 is, perhaps, a reminiscence of the cheer (Revised Version) ; edp11ei, BJ-yaTEp, command l-ye,pf. Daughter contains the same thought as Ver 26.-Matthew only. And the fame "son" in ver. 2. St. Matthew alone, as hereof (11 4>~µ71 a6T,i) went abroad into all there, expands its purpose by prefixing that land. Of no one miracle is this else- Bd.pue,. li!Ju-ya-rlpa 3~ ah¾,v 1<aAei, l,m5¾, T/ where affirmed. (For the fame of him ,r(uns au-r,js Ou-ya-rlpa abT¾,v l,rol71t1f11 (Chrys- generally, cf. v;,r. 31 aud eh. iv. 24) That ostom, in loo.). Thy faith hath made thee land. Doubtless Northern Palestine. It whole; l1alh 1a11ed thee (Revised Version). marks the Jerusalem standpoint of the writer It is possible that the additional words (Nosgen); 1/ide Introduction, p. xix. r-ecorded in the parallel passages, " Go in Vera. 27-81.-Ttao blind men restored. to peace," point to more than only physical restoration. And the woman was made eight. Matthew only. (For the connexion, whole (sa11ed, Revised Version margin) from vide ver. 18, note.) Weiss (see Rushbrooke, that hour. p. 75, A ; o.nd • Life,' iii. 221) compares Ver. 23.-And. During the incident of the incident at Jericho, eh. lU 29-34 the healing of the womon news had come (parallel pasae.ges: Mark x. 46-52; Luke (parallel passagea) to the ruler that his xviii. 85-43). The points of similarity are : doughier wo.s actually dend, and that it was (I) The number, two, but in the parallel useless to trouble the Teacher any more. But man's extremity is ever ,Christ's oppor- passages only one ; (2) the expression that tunity. When 1esua oame into the ruler'• Jesnawaspauing by(ver. 27; oh. u. 80); (3)  3G6 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. [oil. IX. 1-3a