Mark 5:38-39

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.”

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¹ tn Grk “and,” though such paratactic structure is rather awkward in English.

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