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Selected Verse: Mark 5:40 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:40 |
King James |
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. |
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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 they laughed him to scorn--rather, simply, "laughed at Him"--"knowing that she was dead" (Luk 8:53); an important testimony this to the reality of her death.
But when he had put them all out--The word is strong--"turned them all out"; meaning all those who were making this noise, and any others that may have been there from sympathy, that only those might be present who were most nearly concerned, and those whom He had Himself brought as witnesses of the great act about to be done.
he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him--Peter, and James, and John.
and entereth in where the damsel was lying. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Put them out
"Wonderful authority in the house of a stranger. He was really master of the house" (Bengel). Only Mark relates the taking of the parents with the three disciples into the chamber. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Them that were with him - Peter, James, and John. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The father and the mother - Prudence required that they should be present, and be witnesses of the miracle.
And them that were with him - That is, Peter, James, and John, Mar 5:37. It is remarkable that our Lord gave a particular preference to these three disciples, beyond all the rest, on three very important occasions:
1. They were present at the transfiguration.
2. At the raising of Jairus's daughter.
3. At his agony in the garden of Gethsemane.
Where the damsel was lying - Ανακειμενον, lying. This word is very doubtful. BDL, one other, Coptic, and later Arabic, with five of the Itala, omit it. Other MSS. express the same idea in five different words: Griesbach leaves it out of the text. See his Testament. |
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.