Discovery BoxMark 5:37-40 
Context5:37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, 1 and John, the brother of James. 5:38 They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where 2 he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. 3 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. 4 But he put them all outside 5 and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions 6 and went into the room where the child was. 7
1 tn Grk “and James,” 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.
2 tn Grk “and,” though such paratactic structure is rather awkward in English.
3 sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.
4 tn Grk “They were laughing at him.” The imperfect verb has been taken ingressively.
5 tn Or “threw them all outside.” The verb used, ἐκβάλλω (ekballw), almost always has the connotation of force in Mark.
6 tn Grk “those with him.”
7 tn Grk “into where the child was.”
