Mark Chapter 5 verse 38 Holy Bible
And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and `many' weeping and wailing greatly.
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And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.
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And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.
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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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He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
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and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - St. Matthew here says (Matthew 9:23) that when Jesus came into the ruler's house, he" saw the minstrels (τοὺς αὐλητὰς)," i.e. the flute-players, "and the people making a noise." This was the custom both with Jews and with Gentiles, to quicken the sorrow of the mourners by funeral dirges. The record of these attendant circumstances is important as evidence of the fact of death having actually taken place.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) Wailed greatly.--The word used is the same as that in 1Corinthians 13:1, in connection with the "tinkling" (or better, clanging) sound of a cymbal, and, formed as it is from an interjection, alala, is applied to the inarticulate cries either of despair or victory.
