Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

CROWD OF PEOPLE 

Symbolic of a discordant concourse of lower mental qualities in the soul.

"But when the crowd was put forth, he (Jesus) entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose." - MATTHEW ix. 25.

When the jarring and self-seeking qualities of the lower mind were put forth or subdued, the Christ-soul was able to enter in and exercise his power in awakening a slumbering affection and putting it to active use in the soul.

"So the crowd is cast forth without, in order that the damsel may be raised up; because if the importunate throng of worldly cares be not first expelled from the inner recesses of the heart, the soul, which lies dead in the interior, cannot rise up. For whilst it lets itself loose amongst the countless imaginings of earthly desires, it never in any degree gathers itself up to the consideration of self." - ST. GREGORY, Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. II. p. 370.

"When the scornful deriders have been rejected, Christ enters into the minds of the elect." - GLOSSARY.  

See Also

HAND
HEALING (dead)
JESUS
MIRACLES
STRIFE
ZACCHEUS