Mat 9:23 | TNotes | STEP | 9:23 noisy crowd ... funeral music: Sorrow over the death of a family member was publicly expressed, with musical accompaniment and dirges by professional mourners. “Even the poorest in Israel should hire not less than two flutes and one wailing woman” ( Mishnah Ketubbot 4:4 ).

‏ Matthew 9:23

9:23 ^a noisy crowd ... funeral music: Sorrow over the death of a family member was publicly expressed, with musical accompaniment and dirges by professional mourners. “Even the poorest in Israel should hire not less than two flutes and one wailing woman” (Mishnah Ketubbot 4:4 ^b).