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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 5:38

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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5:38 The commotion and weeping and wailing confirmed the report of the messengers and dramatized the hopelessness of the situation. Such outbursts of grief were typical of funerals in Jesus’ day, where professional mourners were often hired (cp. Matt 9:23).
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