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Mark 5:40 KJV
Mark · chapter 5 · verse 40
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.Mark 5:40 · King James Version
Mark 5:40 in context
38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- laughedkatagelaōto derideG2606 →
- takethparalambanōto take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self, an associate, a companion…G3880 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- damselpaidiona young child, a little boy, a little girl, infants, children, little ones, an infant, of…G3813 →
- putekballōto cast out, drive out, to send out, with notion of violence, to drive out , to cast out…G1544 →
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Diseases and deaths came into the world by the sin and disobedience of the first Adam; but by the grace of the second Adam both are conquered. Christ, having healed an incurable disease, here goes on to triumph over death, as in the beginning of the chapter he had triumphed over an outrageous devil. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 35-43