“And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.”
And the report of this went through all that district. The resurrection of the girl cannot be contained or hushed — the report spreads throughout the district. Matthew has been building the fame of Jesus through the healing chapters (4:24; 9:31; 9:33) toward the point where the whole region knows what is happening. The news that spreads is not merely the news of a healing but the news of a resurrection — the raising of the dead, which only God had previously done in the Hebrew scriptures (1 Kings 17:17–24; 2 Kings 4:32–37), performed by a Galilean teacher.
Church Fathers on Matthew 9:26
After the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, follows the raising of the dead; 'And when Jesus was come into the ruler’s house.'
We may suppose that He proceeded slowly, and spake longer to the woman whom He had healed, that He might suffer the maid to die, and thus an evident miracle of restoring to life might be wrought. In the case of Lazarus also He waited till the third day.
For by the ancient custom minstrels were engaged to make lamentation for the dead.
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