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Matthew 9:24

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

KJV

ἀναχωρεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν τὸ κοράσιον ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Recedite : non est enim mortua puella, sed dormit. Et deridebant eum.

Vulgate

he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

ASV

He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθεύδω
katheudo
verb · 22×
καταγελάω
katagelao
verb · 3×
κοράσιον
korasion
noun · 8×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀναχωρέω
anachoreo
verb · 13×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἔλεγεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔλεγεν | RP: λέγει αὐτοῖς
  • ἔλεγενSBLGNT
  • ἔλεγενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λέγει αὐτοῖςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:40 — But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Acts 20:10 — And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
  • Gen 19:14 — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his s
  • Isa 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • John 11:4 — When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
  • John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
  • John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
  • John 11:13 — Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
  • Matt 9:18 — While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
  • Matt 27:39 — And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,