John Gill's Exposition on Mark 5:40

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they laughed him to scorn, etc..] The servants of the house that had laid her out; and the neighbours and relations that were come in on this occasion, and had satisfied themselves that she was dead; and the players on the pipe and flute, with the mourning women, who got their livelihood this way; (see Gill on “<400924>Matthew 9:24”); but when he had put them all out: of the house, or that part of it where he was; that is, ordered them to depart, with the leave and consent of the master of the house: he taketh the father, and the mother, of the damsel, and them that were with him: either with Jairus, who had accompanied him to Christ, and returned with him; the Ethiopic version reads it, “with them”, who were with the father and the mother of the damsel, their near relations, and intimate friends; or rather with Christ, namely, the three disciples, Peter, James, and John; and entereth in where the damsel was lying; into an inner room, where the child was laid out on a bed.

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