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Mark 5:39
and, entering, he saith unto them—Why are ye making a tumult, and weeping? The child, is, not dead, but, is sleeping;
Mark 5:39 · Rotherham Emphasised 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 But, Jesus, overhearing the word being spoken, saith unto the synagogue-ruler—Do not fear, only have faith!
37 And he suffered no one to follow with him, save Peter and James and John the brother of James.
38 And they come into the house of the synagogue-ruler, and he observeth a tumult, and persons weeping and wailing greatly;
39 and, entering, he saith unto them—Why are ye making a tumult, and weeping? The child, is, not dead, but, is sleeping;
40 and they were deriding him. But, he, thrusting all forth, taketh with him the father of the child, and the mother, and them who were with him,—and entereth where the child was;
41 and, grasping the hand of the child, he saith unto her—Talitha, koum! which is, when translated—O damsel! to thee, I say, Arise!
42 And, straightway, the damsel arose, and was walking about; for she was twelve years of age. And they were beside themselves, straightway, with a great transport;
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