30. 'ET/yvoOg, perceiving} Faith even acts. — efylJovffav, had gone out) A magnetic power.
33. <t>o/§jj0£/<ra, fearing) Sometimes fear follows close upon a good action, which very fear subsequently the goodness of the Lord removes; Matt. xxvi. 10. — jfcrsv, told) publicly ; Lukeviii. 47 ; after having laid aside all unseasonable shame because of her disease. — Kaactv, all) Rightly done !
34. "x-rays fig fiprjv^v, go in peace [lit. into peace]) comp. Luke vii. 50, note. — "adt, be) permanently so. After her long con tinued misery, the benefit conferred is a lasting one.
35. 'AT^, from) The house of the ruler of the synagogue. — rl tn, why any further) This is a strong affirmation of the fact of the daughter being dead. They suppose the ruler's efforts to be vain and out of place. — trxuXXf/?, thou troubles?) This verb is properly used of the trouble attending a journey ; Luke vii. 6, viii. 49. Herodian employs it of the difficult [severe] convey ance of captives, and of the setting out of an army. The walkings about of Jesus were then a perpetual try.uX^og, trouble [harass]. — rbv diba.sxa.Xov, the Master) There were therefore dis ciples of Jesus in the family of Jairus, and Jesus was the Teacher of the ruler of the synagogue.
36. AaXov/Atvov, that was spoken) as it were privately.
37. Tov ade^tpw, the brother) Mark wrote his Gospel not long after the Ascension, at the time when the memory of James, who had been beheaded, was still fresh in the disciples' minds, so that he was better known than even John himself.
38. 'AXaXa^ocrag, them that chanted the funeral dirge) in order to diminish and soothe the sorrowful thoughts of the mourners.
40. KarsysXwv, they began to laugh Him down) with sorrowful laughter, free from insolence. — Jx/SaXwv, having put out) Mar vellous authority in a house, as one would have thought, judging externally, with which He had no connection. In reality there was in the house its true Lord. — TOV) Therefore there were pre sent three disciples, and three of the family, not more ; comp. ver. 43.
41. TaXida xovpi, Talitha Cumi) Peter had remembered the precise words used by the Saviour ; and it was from his mouth [dictation] that Mark is said to have written. Talitha was used but once ; for Jesus, in raising the dead, did not employ Epi-