Matthew 9:23
Douay-Rheims
And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
George Leo Haydock
And when Jesus … saw the minstrels. It was a custom among the Jews at funerals to hire persons to make some doleful music, and great lamentations. (Witham) — Ovid also mentions the lugubrious music attendant on funerals. — Cantabat mœstis tibia funeribus. (4. Fast.)
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1849 · Matthew 9:23
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.