Takes a dead girls hand and says Talitha Cum- immediately the girl gets up and begins to walk about – and not surprisingly those looking on are overcome with amazement (no distinction made here with the family or the disciples). Another direct remembrance from Peter- those words and their effect etched into his memory- so that even though this is a greek work, they still get handed down in the original aramaic they were spoken in.
*kai exestesan [euthus] ekstasei megale
lit, stand outside oneself, be astounded- the euthus is according to Z and G no more than a mere Marcan mannerism here, then ekstasei means utter amazement, megale- great.
They were astounded with great utter amazement
BDAG- they were quite beside themselves with amazement
He tells them to give her something to eat. - how much of the actions were for the little girls benefit- we don't want her becoming a 'freak celebrity'? Surely that was a part of the mix in all this- Jesus concern for her and her family.
What a week for the disciples. Near death experiences from which they are rebuked for being scared, mass pig possession with a tomb wanderer with super human strength sitting calmly at Jesus feet afterwards, a woman cured of a 12 year illness on the way to bringing a 12 year old back from the dead. I wonder if for Peter looking back, the 'Talitha Cum' was bound with the words to Jairus, 'Do not fear only believe'. And for Jairus and his wife- and for the 12 year old girl who would have heard the story from her parents. They experienced this utter amazement-
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