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Mark 5:39
And he went in, and said vnto them, Why make ye this trouble, and weepe? the childe is not dead, but sleepeth.
Mark 5:39 · Geneva Bible
Mark 5:39 in other translations
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
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In context
36 Assoone as Iesus heard that word spoken, he said vnto the ruler of the Synagogue, Be not afraide: onely beleeue.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him saue Peter and Iames, and Iohn the brother of Iames.
38 So hee came vnto the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, and sawe the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And he went in, and said vnto them, Why make ye this trouble, and weepe? the childe is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laught him to scorne: but hee put them all out, and tooke the father, and the mother of the childe, and them that were with him, and entred in where the childe lay,
41 And tooke the childe by the hand, and saide vnto her, Talitha cumi, which is by interpretation, Mayden, I say vnto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the mayden arose, and walked: for shee was of the age of twelue yeeres, and they were astonied out of measure.
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