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And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Talitha cumi . These precious Aramaic words, spoken by Jesus to the child, Peter heard and remembered so that Mark gives them to u…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Talitha cumi. This is the language which our Saviour commonly spoke. It is a mixture of Syriac and Chaldee, called Syro-Chaldaic. The prop…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Talitha cumi.—Here, as in the Ephphatha of Mark 7:34, the Evangelist gives the very syllables which had fallen from the l…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

He taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. And he took the dam…

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

Theophylact of Ohrid: Those who were with the ruler of the synagogue thought that Christ was one of the prophets. For this …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Jesus stood by the side of the child, took her hand, and spoke the Aramaic words “Talitha koum” (translated by Mark for his Gentile readers). Arama…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And he took hold of her hand, and said to her (Luke 8:54), and he took hold of her hand, and cried, though naturally …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he took the damsel by the hand
(See Gill on Matthew 9:25).

And said to her

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But do we not have as much occ…

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