Mark 5:43

5:43

ordered <1291> [he charged.]

He ........... and told <2532 2036> [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.

to give <1325> [Given.]

Mark 11:14

11:14

<3367> [No.]