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Mark 5:39

And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

KJV

καὶ εἰσελθὼν λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί θορυβεῖσθε καὶ κλαίετε; τὸ παιδίον οὐκ ἀπέθανεν ἀλλὰ καθεύδει.

Greek NT

Et ingressus, ait illis : Quid turbamini, et ploratis ? puella non est mortua, sed dormit.

Vulgate

And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.

ASV

And going in, he saith to them Why make you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
θορυβέω
thorubeo
verb · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθεύδω
katheudo
verb · 22×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§994But there is more. Jesus links faith in the resurrection to his own person: "I am the Resurrection and the life."542 It is Jesus himself who on the last day will raise up those who have believed in him, who have eaten his body and drunk his blood.543 Already now in this present life he gives a sign and pledge of this by restoring some of the dead to life,544 announcing thereby …

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • Acts 20:10 — And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
  • Acts 20:10 — And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
  • John 11:4 — When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
  • John 11:11 — 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.