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38 Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw1 a tumult and those who awept and wailed loudly.  
39 When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but asleeping.”  
40 And they ridiculed Him. aBut when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying.  
41 Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”
42 Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were aovercome with great amazement.  
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Mark 5:40

And they laughed him to scorn (kai kategelwn). "They jeered at him" (Weymouth). Note imperfect tense. They kept it up. And note also kat- (perfective use). Exactly the same words in Matthew 9:24 and Luke 8:53. The loud laughter was ill suited to the solemn occasion. But Jesus on his part (autov de) took charge of the situation.

Taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him (paralambanei ton patera tou paidiou kai thn mhtera kai touv met autou). Having put out (ekbalwn) the rest by a stern assertion of authority as if he were master of the house, Jesus takes along with him these five and enters the chamber of death "where the child was" (opou hn to paidion). He had to use pressure to make the hired mourners leave. The presence of some people will ruin the atmosphere for spiritual work.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 5:40:

Acts 9:40
James 4:9

 

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