According to St. Mark and St. Luke only Peter, James, and John, and the parents witnessed the miracle. The minstrels] RV 'the flute-players.' The rabbis said, 'Even the poorest among the Israelites (his wife being dead) will afford her two flutes (i.e. two male flute-players to play at the funeral procession), and one woman to make lamentation.' The multitude of hired mourners marks the wealth and position of Jairus.

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