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The Scorn of Unbelief
Commentators note the professional mourners immediately turned from feigned grief to genuine scorn, laughing at Jesus. They misunderstood His statement that the girl was "sleeping" as a denial of her death. As one scholar notes, it is often the mockers, not the one being mocked, who are truly contemptible.
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AT Robertson
On Mark 5:40
And they laughed him to scorn (κα κατεγελων). "They jeered at him" (Weymouth). Note imperfect tense. They kept it up. And note als…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 5:40
19th Century
Bishop
They laughed him to scorn.—Here again the verb implies continuous action.
Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 5:40
19th Century
Preacher
And they laughed him to scorn.
Can you picture the scene? These people, who had been hired to weep and wail, had not much of the sp…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 5:40
On entering the house, Jesus asked why they were making such a commotion since the child was not dead but only asleep. On the surface this statemen…
John Gill
On Mark 5:40
17th Century
Pastor
And they laughed him to scorn
The servants of the house that had laid her out; and the neighbours and relations that…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 5:35–43
17th Century
Minister
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…