Luke 8:49-56

8:49 While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s ¹  house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.” 8:50 But when Jesus heard this, he told ²  him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” ³  8:51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus ⁴  did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, ⁵  and James, and the child’s father and mother. 8:52 Now they were all ⁶  wailing and mourning ⁷  for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” 8:53 And they began making fun ⁸  of him, because they knew ⁹  that she was dead. ¹⁰  8:54 But Jesus ¹¹  gently took her by the hand and said, ¹²  “Child, get up.” 8:55 Her ¹³  spirit returned, ¹⁴  and she got up immediately. Then ¹⁵  he told them to give her something to eat. 8:56 Her ¹⁶  parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one ¹⁷  what had happened.

[8:49]  ¹ tn That is, “the official in charge of the synagogue”; ἀρχισυνάγωγος (arcisunagwgo") refers to the “president of a synagogue” (so BDAG 139 s.v. and L&N 53.93). In this case the referent is Jairus (v. 41).

[8:50]  ² tn Grk “answered.”

[8:50]  ³ tn Or “will be delivered”; Grk “will be saved.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation in the immediate context; it refers only to the girl’s healing.

[8:51]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:51]  ⁵ tn Grk “and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[8:52]  ⁶ sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

[8:52]  ⁷ tn Grk “beating the breasts” (in mourning); see L&N 52.1.

[8:53]  ⁸ tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[8:53]  ⁹ tn The participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[8:53]  ¹⁰ tn Or “had died.”

[8:54]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:54]  ¹² tn Grk “and called, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “and said.”

[8:55]  ¹³ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:55]  ¹⁴ sn In other words, she came back to life; see Acts 20:10.

[8:55]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[8:56]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:56]  ¹⁷ sn Jesus ordered them to tell no one because he desired that miracles not become the center of his ministry.