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Mark 5:38 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. "
Mark 5:38
Verse in Context
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As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
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Mark 5:1
"And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes."
Mark 5:2
"And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,"
Mark 5:3
"Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:"
Mark 5:4
"Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him."
Mark 5:5
"And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones."
Mark 5:6
"But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,"
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