Mark 5:40 KJV,ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:40

They laughed him to scorn . He suffered this, in order that the actual death might be the more manifest, and that so they might the more wonder at her resurrection, and thus pass from wonder and amazement to a true faith in him who thus showed himself to be the Resurrection and the Life. He now put them all forth; and then, with his three apostles, Peter, James, and John, and the father and the mother of the child, he went in where the child was. The common crowd were not worthy to see that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:22-43

See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26.Mark 5:23Lieth at the point of death - Is dying; in the last agonies.Mark 5:26Had suffered many things - Had resorted to many things painful, by the direction of the physicians, in order to be healed.Mark 5:27Came in the press behind - In the crowd that pressed upon him. This was done to avoid being noticed. It was an act of faith. She was full... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 5:38-42

Mark 5:38-42. He seeth the tumult The crowd of people that wept and wailed greatly Greek αλαλαζοντας πολλα , howling much, as some render the word. “From several passages of Scripture, (see Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 16:6-7; Ezekiel 24:17,) it appears that the people of the East used to bewail the dead by tearing their hair, and cutting their flesh, and crying most bitterly. Nor did the relations of the deceased content themselves with these expressions of violent grief. They hired persons... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 5:21-43

59. Jairus’ daughter and a woman healed (Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56)Back in the Jewish regions, a synagogue elder named Jairus asked Jesus to come and heal his seriously ill daughter. Seeing that the man had faith, Jesus set off for his house (Mark 5:21-24). On the way they were interrupted by a sick woman who believed that if she could only touch Jesus’ clothing she would be healed (Mark 5:25-29). Jesus knew that someone was seeking his help in this way, and did not want the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:40

laughed Him to scorn = began laughing at Him. put them all out. He acted, as well as spoke, with "authority". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 5:40

And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.Laughed him to scorn ... The scorners were put out by Jesus, the spiritual implications of this being profound and perpetual. The scornful of all ages succeed only in shutting the door of opportunity against themselves. It must have been a matter of remorse to some of those ancient scorners that they missed the one... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 5:40

Mark 5:40. And they laughed him to scorn— The mourner, not of understanding Jesus, laughed him to scorn when they heard him say, the damsel is not dead; for having seen all the marks and proofs of death about her, they were absolutely certain that she was dead; and yet, if they had given themselves time to consider, they might have understood that he spake in this manner, to intimate that he was going to raise her from the dead; and the rather, as he had been sent for by her parents to heal her... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:40

40. And they laughed him to scorn—rather, simply, "laughed at Him"—"knowing that she was dead" (Luke 8:53); an important testimony this to the reality of her death. But when he had put them all out—The word is strong—"turned them all out"; meaning all those who were making this noise, and any others that may have been there from sympathy, that only those might be present who were most nearly concerned, and those whom He had Himself brought as witnesses of the great act about to be done. he... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 5:35-43

1. The demonstrations of Jesus’ power 4:35-5:43There are four miracles in this section. Jesus authenticated His words (Mark 4:1-34) with His works (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:43). He demonstrated power over nature, demons, illness, and death. The purpose of these miracles was to demonstrate Jesus’ ability to vanquish all powers that are hostile to God. [Note: Lane, p. 173.] read more