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.”
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).