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Mar_5:21-24. See on Mat_9:1; Mat_9:18. Comp. Luk_8:40-42, who also keeps to the order of events.
παρὰ τὴν θάλ .] a point of difference from Matthew, according to whom Jairus makes his appearance at Capernaum at the lodging of Jesus. See on Mat_9:18.
Mar_5:23. ὅτι ] recitative.
τὸ θυγάτριόν μου ] Comp. Athen. xiii. p. 581 C; Long. i. 6; Plut. Mor. p. 179 E; Lucian, Tox. 22. This diminutive expression of paternal tenderness is peculiar to Mark. Comp. Mar_7:25. It does not occur elsewhere in the N. T.
ἐσχάτως ἔχει ] a late Greek phrase. See Wetstein and Kypke, also Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 389.
ἵνα ἐλθὼν κ . τ . λ .] His excitement amidst grief and hope speaks incoherently. We may understand before ἵνα : this I say, in order that, etc. This is still simpler and more natural than the taking it imperatively, by supplying volo or the like (see on Mar_12:19).