Luke 8:54

54 But he took her hand [and] called, saying, "Child, get up."

Luke 8:54 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:54

And he put them all out
Of the room, where the maiden lay, all the mourners and pipers; all excepting the parents of the child, and his three disciples, This clause is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions; nor was it in two of Beza's ancient copies, and in two of Stephens's; but in the rest, and in the other versions:

and took hereby the hand, and called, saying;
in the Syriac language, "Talitha cumi", as in ( Mark 5:41 )

Maid, arise;
(See Gill on Mark 5:41).

Luke 8:54 In-Context

52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is sleeping."

53 And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

54 But he took her hand [and] called, saying, "Child, get up."

55 And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately, and he ordered [something] to be given to her to eat.

56 And her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb