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Selected Verse: Mark 5:38 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:38 |
King James |
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And he cometh--rather, "they come."
to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly--"the minstrels and the people making a noise" (Mat 9:23) --lamenting for the dead. (See Ch2 35:25; Jer 9:20; Amo 5:16). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Seeth (θεωρεῖ)
Rev., beholdeth. See on Mar 5:15.
Wailing (ἀλαλάζοντας)
A descriptive word of the hired mourners crying al-a-lai! |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He cometh - But ερχονται, they come, is the reading of ABCDF, four others, and several versions.
Wept and wailed - See on Mat 9:23 (note). |
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,