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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Mark 5:38

them that wept These were the hired mourners, chiefly women; whose business it was to beat their breasts (Luke 8:52), and to make loud lamentations at funerals; comp 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17-18; Amos 5:16. The Rabbinic rule provided for the poorest Israelite at least two flute-players, and one mourning woman. "A Ruler of the Synagogue, bereaved of his only child, may well have been prodigal in the expression of his grief."

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 38. _HE COMETH_] But ερονται, _they come_, is the reading of ABCDF, four others, and several versions. _WEPT AND WAILED_] Matthew 9:23, Matthew 9:23....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18. Mark 5:23 LIETH AT THE POINT OF DEATH - Is dyin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Servant's Power over Satan's work. (Mark 5:1. Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26 .)_ 2. The Servant's Power over disease and death. (Mark

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MARK 4:35 TO MARK 5:43. FOUR WONDER-STORIES. The stilling of the tempest, the healing of the demoniac and of the woman, and the raising of Jairus-' daughter form one of the most graphic sections of Mk...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    While he was still speaking, messages came from the household of the ruler of the synagogue. "Your daughter, they said, "has died. Why trouble the teacher any more?" Jesus overheard this message being...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Now there was a woman who was suffering from a haemorrhage which had lasted for twelve years. She had gone through many things at the hands of many doctors; she had spent everything she had; and it ha...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BANISHING OF THE DEMONS (Mark 5:1-13)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO. Greek. _eis,_ as in Mark 5:1. WAILED. Crying _alalai, alalai,_ from the Greek verb Melanin Jewish mourning cries. Occurs elsewhere only in 1 Corinthians 13:1....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    35–43. RAISING OF THE DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS Matthew 9:23-26; Luke 8:49-56...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἜΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ ([1032][1033][1034][1035][1036][1037][1038]) rather than ἔρχεται ([1039][1040][1041]). [1032] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine o...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS HEALED JAIRUS' DAUGHTER MARK 5:35-43:_ Jairus must had been very sad about his delay. Especially when word came from his house that his daughter had died and that he should not bother Jesus any...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΘΕΩΡΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть, наблюдать. Hist, _praes._ ΘΌΡΥΒΟΣ (G2351) шум, беспорядок (Matthew 9:23 и сл.). ΚΛΑΊΟΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΛΑΊΩ (G2799) плакать, громко всх...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE COMETH TO THE HOUSE, &C.— Namely, from the street, for that was the proper time to hinder the crowd from accompanying him. See Luke 8:51. It seems, the mother of the damsel, on seeing that Jesu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. THE RAISING OF JAIRUS-' DAUGHTER 5:35-43 _TEXT 5:35-43_ While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any furth...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 4:34_5:43 The argument of this section is the same as that of the corresponding section in Matthew. (See Matthew 8:1 to Matthew 9:35.) It proves the divine power of Jesus by showing that he c...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. AND HE COMETH - rather 'they come' [ erchontai (G2064) has much better support...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    35-37 Compare Luk_8:49-50. 38-43 Compare Mat_9:23-36; Luk_8:51-56. 1-4 Compare Mat_13:53-57; Luk_4:16-30. 1 On a former occasion (Luk_4:16) He had gone to Nazareth to speak, and found His old neighb...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:38 comes (a-3) Many read, 'they come.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GADARENE DEMONIAC. JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) DEMONIAC (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk's account is much the fullest....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE, AND JAIRUS' DAUGHTER (Matthew 9:18; Luke 8:40). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 JESUS IN GERASA VERSES 1-20 This man seemed strong and well. But his mind was ve...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 5:21-43 (MARK 5:21) WITH JAIRUS "And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto Him: and He was by the sea. And there cometh one of...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    θεωρεῖ : what was I going on within the house appealed to both eye and ear; here the scene is described from the spectacular side a multitude of people seen making a confused din (θόρυβον), in which s...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The story of Jairus' daughter resumed_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The daughter of Jairus and the woman with bloody issue_ (Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS Mark 5:21-43 We turn from the demon-driven man to this woman, weakened by long disease. For the one there was the outward manifestation of evil, but for the other inward wasting...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Nevertheless the men of Gadara "began to beseech Him to depart from their borders" (verse Mar 5:17). The price was too heavy; their pigs were destroyed. There is heartbreak here. Jairus fell at His fe...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    RESURRECTION OF JAIRUS'S DAUGHTER Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:23-43; & Luke 8:41-56. Mark: “And, behold, one of the chief rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, comes; and seeing Him, falls at His feet,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (21) And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. (22) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, J...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But, in another sense, they are not with Him. They are called to serve, when He quits the scene of His labour. We learn this from the demoniac Legion (chapter 5), delivered from his miserable conditio...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE COMETH TO THE HOUSE OF THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE,.... Along with him, and the three disciples above mentioned; and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "and they came",...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. Ver. 38. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 9:23 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 9:24 _"_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He seeth the tumult_ The crowd of people that _wept and wailed greatly_ Greek αλαλαζοντας πολλα, _howling much_, as some render the word. “From several passages of Scripture, (see Jeremiah 9:17; Jere...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Jairus' daughter restored to life. Matthew 9:18-26....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE COMETH TO THE HOUSE OF THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, AND SEETH THE TUMULT, AND THEM THAT WEPT AND WAILED GREATLY....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Recalling the dead girl to life:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    35-43 We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But have we not as much occasion for the grace of God, and the comfort of hi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 5:35...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 5:38 Then G2532 came G2064 (G5736) to G1519 house G3624 synagogue G752 and G2532 saw G2334 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and he sees a tumult, and great weeping and wailing.' The funeral preparations had already begun, and that required loud and public mourning....

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ANALYSIS OF 5:35-43. a While He yet spoke they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why do you trouble the Master any further?” (Mark 5:35). b But Jesus, ove...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER LIFE AND DEATH (5:21-43). Having demonstrated His power over nature, and then over the world of evil spirits, Jesus will now demonstrate His power over...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 5:38. BEHOLDETH A TUMULT. Mark gives prominence to the noise common in such circumstances; Matthew, to the ‘minstrels; ‘Luke, to the weeping. Evidently the same scene is described and the account...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. These miracles were performed very shortly after the return from the country of the Gadarenes. From Matthew, however (Mark 9:18), we learn that Jairus came while our Lord was discoursing a...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WAILING GREATLY (αλαλαζοντας πολλα). An onomatopoetic word from Pindar down. The soldiers on entering battle cried Αλαλα. Used of clanging cymbals (1 Corinthians 13:1). Like ολολυζω in James 5:1. I...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:35 This part of the incident shows how two views may be taken of the same case. I. There is the human view the child is dead, trouble not the Master. Men see the outside; they deal with facts...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:21 The Daughter of Jairus. This story shows us: I. The Heart of Jesus. Many are anxious to find out what the face of Jesus was like, but our concern should be to know how His heart feels towa...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes._ They had had a very eventful passage across that small but stormy sea, and Christ had proved himself...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean s...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The maniac of Gadara. Woman with issue of blood healed. Daughter of Jairus raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, demoniac, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter. CONCLUSION: The po...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 5:9. _What is thy name?_ Our Saviour asked this to show the great power which demons have over men, when permitted of God. Mark 5:25. _A certain woman._ See Luke 8:43....

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WHERE JESUS SAW THE CONFUSION. The professional musicians and mourners were screaming and crying (_see_ Matthew 9:23)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 5:38 WEEPING AND WAILING LOUDLY. Some in the crowd were professional mourners, who were expected to be present even at funerals for the poor (see note on Matt. 9:23). The chi

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS RESTORES A GIRL TO LIFE AND HEALS A BLEEDING WOMAN MATTHEW 9:18-26; MARK 5:21-43; LUKE 8:40-56; MARK 5:21 And when Jesus was passed ove

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 1 _Christ delivereth the possessed of the legion of devils_, 13 _they enter into the swine_. 25 H _e healeth the woman of the bloody issue_, 35 _and raiseth from death Jairus his daughter. _...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 5:22. RULERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE.—The synagogues had no clergy, but were managed by laymen, who conducted or superintended the services, and administered discipline....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 5:1 AND THEY CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA. The other side of the sea would be the south-east side of the sea. INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES, or rather, _Gerasenes_,_ _which...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes (Mark 5:1). Now, that is on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. It is the area near the beginning of the Golan...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 9:39; Jeremiah 9:17; Luke 8:52; Luke 8:53; Matthew 11:17;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Seeth [θ ε ω ρ ε ι]. Rev., beholdeth. See on verse 15. Wailing [α λ α λ α ζ ο ν τ α ς]. A descriptive word of the hired mourners crying al - a - lai!...

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