Mark 5:43 (KJV)

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And he charged them straitly that no man should know it and commanded that something should be given her to eat
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he charged. Mr 1:43 Mr 3:12 Mr 7:36 Mt 8:4 Mt 9:30 Mt 12:16-18 Mt 17:9 Lu 5:14 Lu 8:56 Joh 5:41

Given. Lu 24:30 Lu 24:42 Lu 24:43 Ac 10:41

and commanded.This was to shew that she had not only returned to life, but was also restored to perfect health; and to intimate, that though raised to life by extraordinary power, she must be continued in existence, as before, by the use of ordinary means. The advice of a heathen, on another subject, is quite applicable: {Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit.} "When the miraculous power of God is necessary, let it be resorted to; when not necessary, let the ordinary means be used." To act otherwise would be to tempt God.

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