41. And he took the damsel by the hand--as He did Peter's
mother-in-law
(Mr 1:31).
and said unto her, Talitha cumi--The words are Aramaic, or
Syro-Chaldaic, the then language of Palestine. Mark loves to give such
wonderful words just as they were spoken. See
Mr 7:34; 14:36.
JFB.
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