Luke 8:41-56
A RICH man came to Jesus, and fell down at his feet and said, ‘I have one little girl, and she is very sick; pray come and make her well.’
Jesus went with the rich man. When they were near the house, some servants came out and said, ‘The little girl has just died; no one can make her well now.’
But Jesus said, ‘Do not be afraid; I can make her well.’
He said to the father and mother of the little girl, ‘Come with Me into the house. Peter, James, and John, you may come in, but no one else.’
So they went up into the room where the little girl was lying in bed. There were many people in the room playing sad music, singing sad songs, and crying, because the child was dead. But Jesus said, ‘Stop crying. The girl is only sleeping; she is not dead.’ Jesus said she was asleep, because He meant to make her alive again so soon. But the people laughed at Jesus. They said, ‘She is dead.’ They would not believe that He could make her alive again.
Jesus said, ‘These people must be put out of the room.’ So He sent them out and shut the door; but He let the father and mother, and Peter and James and John, stay in the room.
He took the little girl’s hand and said, ‘Arise!’ First, she sat up, and then she got out of bed and walked about the room. She was twelve years old. Jesus then said, ‘Bring her something to eat.’ The father and mother were very surprised at what had happened.
Hark! It is a father crying,
And this is what he says:
‘My little daughter’s lying
Just at the point of death.’
The Savior soon consented
To come and heal the maid;
Nor was He ev’n prevented
By hearing she was dead.
He found the people weeping
Because her breath was gone,
And when He said, ‘She’s sleeping,’
They laughed him all to scorn.
The Lord no sinful mocker
Would suffer to remain;
Then by the hand He took her,
And made her rise again.
Ah, see the maid arising
According to His word!
Does not the deed surprising
Show Jesus to be Lord?
See, in their fond embraces
The parents clasp the maid:
Ashamed are now the faces
That mocked at what He said.
Questions
Did Jesus ever make a dead child alive again?
Who were sitting round her bed when Jesus came?
Why did Jesus say that the girl was asleep?
What did Jesus do to the people who laughed at Him?
Who did Jesus allow to stay in the room?
How old was the girl?
God does everything.
A verse from the Bible for you to learn:
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 1 Sam. 2:6