Mark 5:39
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
- KJV
- And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- WEB
- When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
- ASV
- And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
- DARBY
- And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.
- BLB
- And having entered, He says to them, “Why do you⁺ make a commotion and weep? The child did not die, but sleeps.”
- ÅB
- og han gikk inn og sa til dem: Hvorfor larmer og gråter dere? Barnet er ikke død; hun sover.
- OTB
- Han gikk inn og sa til dem: «Hvorfor dette oppstyret og gråten? Barnet er ikke død, men sover.»
- B1930
- og han gikk inn og sa til dem: Hvorfor larmer og gråter I? Barnet er ikke død; hun sover.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 20:10
And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Read in contextDaniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Read in contextJohn 11:11–13
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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