Talitha Cumi - Mark 5:41

Mark wrote how Jesus was on the way to Jairus' house because his daughter was dying. Along the way a woman with an issue of blood came behind Jesus and was determined to be healed if she only touched His clothes. She was healed and Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be whole of your plague.” Mark continued with the words, “While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble you the Master any further?As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. And when he was come in, he said unto them, Why make you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entered in where the damsel was lying”, and in chapter five and verse forty-one of his book, Mark writes how Jesus, “took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi” where we read:

And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;

which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto you, arise.

The verse reads, “And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;” Mark began with the words, “and he took the damsel” or “and Jesus grasped the little girl” “by the hand” which means “by her physical hand”, “and said unto her” or “and uttered, declared and proclaimed to the little girl”, “Talitha cumi” which means “maiden or young girl rise up”. Mark shared how Jesus took the “little girl” by her hand and told her to “rise up”.

The verse goes on to say, “which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto you, arise.” Mark added the words, “which is” which means “that is”, “being interpreted” or “being translated into the language of one with whom a person wants to communicate”, “Damsel” which means “little girl”, “I say unto you” or “Jesus utters, declares and proclaims to the little girl”, “arise” or “arouse from sleep, awake and be recalled from death to life”. Mark shared the meaning of the phrase Jesus declared to the “little girl” which means “little girl, be aroused and recalled from the dead”.

When we meditate upon Mark's words in this verse, we see how Jesus needed only to “say” the word and this “little girl” would be made alive again. Jesus has power over “death”, and just because others thought this was the “end” for the “damsel”, Jesus had another plan. God knows every person will one day “die”, (“as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” - Hebrews 9:27), and His desire is to provide “everlasting life” for them through “faith and trust” in His Son Jesus. Jesus is able to “raise the dead”, and those who have a personal relationship with Him, “though he were dead, yet shall he live” with Him forevermore. (See John 11:25)

Next time Mark shares how, “straightway the damsel arose”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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