Mark 5:38-40

5:38 They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where ¹  he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. ²  5:39 When he entered he said to them, “Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” 5:40 And they began making fun of him. ³  But he put them all outside ⁴  and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions ⁵  and went into the room where the child was. ⁶ 

[5:38]  ¹ tn Grk “and,” though such paratactic structure is rather awkward in English.

[5:38]  ² sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

[5:40]  ³ tn Grk “They were laughing at him.” The imperfect verb has been taken ingressively.

[5:40]  ⁴ tn Or “threw them all outside.” The verb used, ἐκβάλλω (ekballw), almost always has the connotation of force in Mark.

[5:40]  ⁵ tn Grk “those with him.”

[5:40]  ⁶ tn Grk “into where the child was.”