Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Mark 5:41 NASB Talitha kum – What was the native tongue of Yeshua and why does it matter? The common understanding and teaching of most theological schools of the West is that “Jesus” spoke Aramaic, not…
Taking the child by the hand, He said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Mark 5:41 NASB Translated – Why does Mark include a translation of Yeshua’s words? The answer, of course, is that he wants his readers to know what Yeshua said. But if Aramaic were the common language…
“Talitha kum!” Mark 5:41 Arise, little girl – When we read this story, we may be surprised that Mark and Luke include the Aramaic phrase in their Greek texts. This is not their usual practice. In fact, there are only a few occasions where Aramaic is transliterated into the New Testament. We see it when…
