2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This begins an account of Jesus' miraculously healing the daughter of a Jewish official.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## these things ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This refers to the answer Jesus gave John's disciples about fasting.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## behold ##
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The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this.
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## bowed down to him ##
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This is a way someone would show respect in Jewish culture.
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## come and lay your hand on her, and she will live ##
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This shows that the Jewish official believed Jesus had the power to bring his daughter back to life.
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## his disciples ##
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Jesus' disciples.
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