Mark 5:40
in Mark 5And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.
KJV
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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This verse in Mark 5
Commentary
14 notes on this verse(ubi sup.) Because they chose rather to laugh at than to believe in this saying concerning her resurrection, they are deservedly excluded from the place, as unworthy to witness His power in raising her, and the mystery of her rising; wherefore it goes on, 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.
This site's exposition
Your daughter is dead
on Mark 5:35-40
Messengers arrived with the word Your daughter is dead, and the delay in the crowd has cost, humanly speaking, everything. Jesus said to Jairus Do not be afraid, and He asks for the faith the woman had just shown.
This site's exposition
father and mother
Adam Clarke says prudence required the parents to be present as witnesses of the miracle. John Chrysostom sees two aims in the small company: to avoid display, and still to leave witnesses of divine power. The mockers were left outside.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church4 voices
(ubi sup.) And we may remark, that lighter and daily errors may be cured by the remedy of a lighter penance. Wherefore the Lord raises the damsel, lying in the inner chamber with a very easy cry, saying, Damsel, arise; but that he who had been four days dead might quit the prison of the tomb, He groaned in spirit, He was troubled, He shed tears. In proportion, then, as the death of the soul presses the more heavily, so much the more ardently must the fervour of the penitent press forward. But this too must be observed, that a public crime requires a public reparation; wherefore Lazarus, when called from the sepulchre, was placed before the eyes of the people: but slight sins require to be washed out by a secret penance, wherefore the damsel lying in the house is raised up before few witnesses, and those are desired to tell no man. The crowd also is cast out before the damsel is raised; for if a crowd of worldly thoughts be not first cast out from the hidden parts of the heart, the soul, which lies dead within, cannot rise. Well too did she arise and walk, for the soul, raised from sin, ought not only to rise from the filth of its crimes, but also to make advances in good works, and soon it is necessary that it should be filled with heavenly bread, that is, made partaker of the Divine Word, and of the Altar.
And they laughed at him. But he, having ejected them all, takes the father and mother of the girl, etc. Because they preferred to mock the word of the one raising rather than to believe, they are deservedly excluded outside, as unworthy to see the …
But they laugh at Him, as if unable to do any thing farther; and in this He convicts them of bearing witness involuntarily, that she was really dead whom He raised up, and therefore, that it would be a miracle if He raised her.
(ubi sup.) Mystically; the woman was cured of a bloody flux, and immediately after the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue is reported to be dead, because as soon as the Church of the Gentiles is washed from the stain of vice, and called daughter by the merits of her faith, at once the synagogue is broken up on account of its zealous treachery and envy; treachery, because it did not choose to believe in Christ; envy, because it was vexed at the faith of the Church. What the messengers told the ruler of the synagogue, Why troublest thou the Master any more, is said by those in this day who, seeing the state of the synagogue, deserted by God, believe that it cannot be restored, and therefore think that we are not to pray that it should be restored.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
One of the rulers of the synagogue - To regulate the affairs of every synagogue, there was a council of grave men. Over these was a president, who was termed the ruler of the synagogue.
6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they laughed him to scorn,....
The miserable condition that this poor creature was in; he was under the power of an unclean spirit, the devil got possession of him, and the effect of it was not, as in many, a silent melancholy, but a raging frenzy; he was raving mad; his condition seems to have been worse than any of the possessed, that were Christ's patients.
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
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.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
A great miracle is recorded in these verses. A dead girl is restored to life. Mighty as the "King of terrors" is, there is One mightier than he. The keys of death are in our Lord Jesus Christ's hands. He will one day "swallow up death in victory." (Isaiah 25:8.) Let us learn from these verses, that rank places no man beyond the reach of sorrow . Jairus was a "ruler;" yet sickness and trouble came to his house.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And they laughed him to scorn--rather, simply, "laughed at Him"--"knowing that she was dead" (Lu 8:53); an important testimony this to the reality of her death.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
A great miracle is recorded in these verses. A dead girl is restored to life. Mighty as the "King of terrors" is, there is One mightier than he. The keys of death are in our Lord Jesus Christ's hands. He will one day "swallow up death in victory." (Isaiah 25:8.) Let us learn from these verses, that rank places no man beyond the reach of sorrow . Jairus was a "ruler;" yet sickness and trouble came to his house. Jairus probably had wealth, and all the medical help that wealth can command; yet money could not keep death away from his child. The daughters of rulers are liable to sickness, as well as the daughters of poor men. The daughters of rulers must die. It is good for us all to remember this. We are too apt to forget it. We often think and talk as if the possession of riches was the great antidote to sorrow, and as if money could secure us against sickness and death. But it is the very extreme of blindness to think so. We have only to look around us and see a hundred proofs to the contrary. Death comes to palaces, as well as to cottages — to landlords as well as to tenants — to rich as well as to poor. It tarries no man's leisure or convenience. It will not be kept out by locks and bars. "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." (Heb. 9:27.) All are going to one place, the grave. We may be sure there is far more equality in the portions appointed to men than at first sight appears. Sickness is a great leveler. It makes no distinction. Heaven is the only place where "the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." (Isa. 33:24.) Happy are they who set their affections on things above! They, and they only, have a treasure which is incorruptible. Yet a little while, and they will be where they shall hear no more evil tidings. All tears shall be wiped from their faces. They shall mourn no more.
The words behind it
25 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| κατεγέλων | kategelon | they were laughing at | G2606 → | |
| αὐτοῦ.¶ | autou | Him. | G846 → | 5565 times |
| Αὐτὸς | autos | He himself | G846 → | 5565 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐκβαλὼν | ekbalon | having put out | G1544 → | 79 times |
| πάντας | pantas | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| παραλαμβάνει | paralambanei | takes with [Him] | G3880 → | 49 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πατέρα | patera | father | G3962 → | 410 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| παιδίου | paidiou | child | G3813 → | 51 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μητέρα | metera | mother | G3384 → | 83 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τοὺς | tous | those | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μετ᾽ | met᾽ | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἰσπορεύεται | eisporeuetai | enters in | G1531 → | 18 times |
| ὅπου | hopou | where | G3699 → | 82 times |
| ἦν | en | was | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| παιδίον | paidion | child | G3813 → | 51 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
κατεγέλωνthey were laughing at
kategelonG2606 →
αὐτοῦ.¶Him.
autouG846 →5565 times
ΑὐτὸςHe himself
autosG846 →5565 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐκβαλὼνhaving put out
ekbalonG1544 →79 times
πάνταςall
pantasG3956 →1235 times
παραλαμβάνειtakes with [Him]
paralambaneiG3880 →49 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
πατέραfather
pateraG3962 →410 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
παιδίουchild
paidiouG3813 →51 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
μητέραmother
meteraG3384 →83 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τοὺςthose
tousG3588 →19766 times
μετ᾽with
met᾽G3326 →461 times
αὐτοῦHim
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἰσπορεύεταιenters in
eisporeuetaiG1531 →18 times
ὅπουwhere
hopouG3699 →82 times
ἦνwas
enG1510 →2333 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
παιδίονchild
paidionG3813 →51 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
it leads to
- Mark 15:29
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- Matthew 27:39–40
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- Luke 23:11
And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
- Mark 15:29
Through
Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 6:6
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to…
- Nehemiah 6:1–2
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the…
- Psalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Nehemiah 6:6
Through
Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
it leads to
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About Mark
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas.