‘I have become a laughing-stock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered – a mere laughing-stock, though righteous and blameless!
Matthew 9:24 - New International Version (Anglicised) he said, ‘Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.’ But they laughed at him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 he said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping. And they laughed and jeered at Him. American Standard Version (1901) he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. Common English Bible He said, “Go away, because the little girl isn’t dead but is asleep”; but they laughed at him. Catholic Public Domain Version he said, "Depart. For the girl is not dead, but asleep." And they derided him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. |
‘I have become a laughing-stock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered – a mere laughing-stock, though righteous and blameless!
This is what the Lord says – the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel – to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.’
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.
When he heard this, Jesus said, ‘This illness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.’
Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms round him. ‘Don’t be alarmed,’ he said. ‘He’s alive!’
Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning towards the dead woman, he said, ‘Tabitha, get up.’ She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.