Mar 5:35-38 | RWP | e4.org | While he yet spake ( Ετ αυτου λαλουντος ). Genitive absolute. Another vivid touch in Mark and . The phrase is in . Nowhere does Mark preserve better the lifelike traits of an eyewitness like Peter than in these incidents in chapter 5. The arrival of the messengers from Jairus was opportune for the woman just healed of the issue of blood ( εν υσε αιματος ) for it diverted attention from her. Now the ruler's daughter has died ( απεθανε ). Why troublest thou the master any further? ( Τ ετ σκυλλεις τον διδασκαλον; ). It was all over, so they felt. Jesus had raised from the dead the son of the widow of Nain ( ), but people in general did not expect him to raise the dead. The word σκυλλω , from σκυλον ( skin, pelt, spoils ), means to skin, to flay, in Aeschylus. Then it comes to mean to vex, annoy, distress as in , which see. The middle is common in the papyri for bother, worry, as in . There was no further use in troubling the Teacher about the girl.

‏ Mark 5:35-38

While he yet spake ( Ετ αυτου λαλουντος ). Genitive absolute. Another vivid touch in Mark and Lu 8:49. The phrase is in Ge 29:9. Nowhere does Mark preserve better the lifelike traits of an eyewitness like Peter than in these incidents in chapter 5. The arrival of the messengers from Jairus was opportune for the woman just healed of the issue of blood ( εν υσε αιματος ) for it diverted attention from her. Now the ruler's daughter has died ( απεθανε ).

Why troublest thou the master any further? ( Τ ετ σκυλλεις τον διδασκαλον; ). It was all over, so they felt. Jesus had raised from the dead the son of the widow of Nain (Lu 7:11-17), but people in general did not expect him to raise the dead. The word σκυλλω, from σκυλον (skin, pelt, spoils), means to skin, to flay, in Aeschylus. Then it comes to mean to vex, annoy, distress as in Mt 9:36, which see. The middle is common in the papyri for bother, worry, as in Lu 7:6. There was no further use in troubling the Teacher about the girl.

Not heeding ( παρακουσας ). This is the sense in Mt 18:17 and uniformly so in the LXX. But here the other sense of hearing aside, overhearing what was not spoken directly to him, probably exists also. "Jesus might overhear what was said and disregard its import" (Bruce). Certainly he ignored the conclusion of the messengers. The present participle λαλουμενον suits best the idea of overhearing. Both Mark and Lu 8:50 have "Fear not, only believe" ( μη φοβου, μονον πιστευε ). This to the ruler of the synagogue ( τω αρχισυναγωγω ) who had remained and to whom the messenger had spoken.

Save Peter, and James, and John ( ε μη Πετρον κα λακωβον κα Ιωανην ). Probably the house was too small for the other disciples to come in with the family. The first instance of this inner circle of three seen again on the Mount of Transfiguration and in the Garden of Gethsemane. The one article in the Greek treats the group as a unit.

Wailing greatly ( αλαλαζοντας πολλα ). An onomatopoetic word from Pindar down. The soldiers on entering battle cried Αλαλα. Used of clanging cymbals (1Co 13:1). Like ολολυζω in Jas 5:1. It is used here of the monotonous wail of the hired mourners.