King James Version
Matthew 9:25 in the King James Version says “But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.”
Matthew 9:25 · KJV
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. the fame: or, this fame
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the people”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“by the hand”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
“her”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“arose”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
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