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Mark 5:41
41 y Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, z arise.”
Luke 7:14
14 Then he came up and touched m the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, n arise.”
Luke 7:22
22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: y the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, z lepers [1] are cleansed, and a the deaf hear, b the dead are raised up, c the poor have good news preached to them.
Matthew 11:5
5 k the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers [2] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and l the poor have good news preached to them.
John 11:43
43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
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Matt. 11:1–12:50 Opposition to the Messiah Emerges. Resistance to Jesus' ministry has appeared occasionally (e.g., 9:3–4) but now begins to build significantly, occasioned first by the innocuous questions of John the Baptist (11:2–19), then through the overt hostility of the Jewish religious leaders (12:1–45).
Matt. 11:1–30 Jesus, John the Baptist, and Ministry in Galilee. Jesus responds to John the Baptist's questions (vv. 2–6) with a mild rebuke and a glowing tribute (vv. 7–19). He then speaks words of judgment on the unrepentant (vv. 20–24) and words of invitation to those who would find their rest in him (vv. 25–30).
Matt. 11:3–5 Are you the one who is to come? John is probably concerned because his present imprisonment does not match his understanding of the Coming One's arrival, which was to bring blessing on those who repented and judgment on those who did not (see note on 3:11). Jesus' ministry, however, is in line with prophetic promises about the time of salvation, as seen especially in these descriptions that recall the words of Isaiah: the blind receive sight (cf. 9:27–31; Isa. 29:18; 35:5), the lame walk (Isa. 35:6; cf. Matt. 15:30–31), lepers are cured (Isa. 53:4; cf. Matt. 8:1–4), the deaf hear (Isa. 29:18–19; 35:5; cf. Mark 7:32–37), the dead are raised (Isa. 26:18–19; cf. Matt. 10:8; Luke 7:11–17; John 11:1–44), and the good news is preached to the poor (Isa. 61:1; cf. Matt. 5:3; Luke 14:13, 21). Jesus' deeds gave sufficient proof of who he was and that the prophesied time of salvation had come (“the year of the Lord's favor”; Isa. 61:1; cf. Isa. 62:1).
