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Mark 5:39

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And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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  1. Acts 20:10Rank 1 from verse 39
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    10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:10Rank 2 from verse 39
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    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  3. 1 Corinthians 11:30Rank 3 from verse 39
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    30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14Rank 4 from verse 39
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    13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  5. Daniel 12:2Rank 5 from verse 39
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    2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Mark 5:39

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sleepeth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sleep, meaning to rest in sleep. Sense 2: Figuratively, to lie in death.

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38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

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40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

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