Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that
 thou hast done?
 &c.] Or what is the reason of such conduct and behaviour? they knew what was done, but they did not know the meaning of it, which is what they inquired after: 
 thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive;
 prayed with fasting and weeping for it, that it might live and not die: 
 but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread;
 and appeared cheerful; this seemed strange to them, when they expected his sorrow would be increased.