Luke 8:51

8:51 Peter, John, and James became the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples (see 5:1-11; 9:28; Mark 14:32-33).

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Luk 8:51. Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον, John and James) That John should be at times put first is the less wonderful, as even John alone is sometimes added to Peter: ch. Luk 22:8.

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Luk 8:51 . in [89] and other MSS. the usual order of the three disciples Peter, James, John is changed into Peter, John, James.

[89] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

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(51) Save Peter, and James, and John.—It will be noticed that St. Luke agrees with St. Mark in giving the names; St. Matthew omits them. St. Mark, however, states more definitely that none others were allowed even to go with Him.

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51. save Peter, and James, and John] as at the Transfiguration and at Gethsemane, Mar_9:2; Mar_14:33.

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Not only her relations and friends, and the servants of the house, but the mourning women, that were hired on this occasion, and employed for this purpose:

but he said, weep not; neither in show, as the mourning women did, nor in reality, as the friends of the deceased:

she is not dead, but sleepeth; See Gill on Mat 9:24. See Gill on Mar 5:39.

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When he came to the house

"When they came to the house." Jesus went there with Jairus. Also some of Jesus' disciples went with them.

he allowed no one ... except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother

This could be stated positively. AT: "Jesus allowed only Peter, John, James, and the girl's father and mother to go inside with him"

the father of the child

This refers to Jairus.

all were mourning and wailing for her

This was the normal way of showing grief in that culture. AT: "all the people there were showing how sad they were and crying loudly because the girl had died" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

laughed at him, knowing that she

"laughed at him because they knew the girl"

translationWords

Peter

John (the apostle)

James (son of Zebedee)

mourn

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51. εἰ μὴ Πέτρον κ.τ.λ., as at the Transfiguration and at Gethsemane, Mar 9:2; Mar 14:33.

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51.] Our Lord had entered the house, where He found θόρυβον, τοὺς αὐλητὰς καὶ τὸν ὄχλον (Matt., Mark), who were all following Him into the chamber of death. On this He declared who were to follow Him (οὐκ ἀφῆκεν, κ.τ.λ.), and uttered the words ἀναχωρεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ κ.τ.λ. Then He entered with His three Apostles and the parents. I say this, not for the sake of harmonizing, but to bring out the sequence in our narrative here, which unless we get the right meaning for ἀφῆκεν, seems disturbed.

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51. οὐκ ἀφῆκεν εἰσελθεῖν τινὰ σὺν αὐτῷ “Did not allow anyone to enter with Him into the room.” He and the disciples had already entered the house, and the parents had been there from the first. Here, as in ver, 38, Lk. has σύν where Mk. has μετά: see on 1:56.

Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάνην καὶ Ἰάκωβον. The chosen three (ἐκλεκτῶν ἐκλεκτότεροι as Clem. Alex. calls them) are probably admitted for me sake of me Twelve, whose faith would be strengthened by the miracle. These three sufficed as witnesses. Moreover, they were in character most fitted to profit by the miracle. Here, as in 9:28 and Act 1:13, John is placed before James. Elsewhere the other order, which is almost certainly the order of age, prevails (5:10, 6:14, 9:54), and always in Mt.(4:21, 10:2, 17:1) and Mk. (1:19, 29, 3:17, 5:37, 9:2, 10:35, 41, 13:3, 14:33).

Irenæus had a text which omitted καὶ Ἰωάνην. Quintus autem ingressus Dominus ad mortuam puellam suscitavit eam, nullum enim, inquit, permisit intrare nisi Petrum et jacobum et patrem et matrem puellæ (2:24, 4). No existing text makes this omission; but many authorities transpose James and John in order to have the usual order (א A L S X L, Boh. Aeth. Arm. Goth.). But the evidence of B C D A F G K, a b c d e f ff2 1 q r Cod. Am. Cod. Brix. etc. is decisive. There is similar confusion in 9:28 and Act 1:13.

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