Mk 5:43

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he charged.

Mark 1:43; Mark 3:12; Mark 7:36; Matt 8:4; Matt 9:30; Matt 12:16-18; Matt 17:9; Luke 5:14; Luke 8:56; John 5:41

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.

Given.

Luke 24:30; Luke 24:42; Luke 24:43; Acts 10:41