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Witnessing Jesus\u2019 power can be an ecstatic experience | Image by kar3nt, Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In the Gospel reading on the 13th Sunday in ordinary time, we listen to Mark\u2019s pericope of the resurrection of Jairus\u2019 daughter (Mk 5:21-43). Jairus was one of the synagogue officials. He approached Jesus, fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly, \u201cMy daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus took with him Peter, James and his brother, John. They followed Jairus to his house. Some people broke the sad news to Jairus that his daughter had passed. But Jesus reassured him, \u201cDo not be afraid; just have faith.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reactions and emotions<\/h2>\n They went inside the house, and found people weeping and wailing aloud. Jesus tried to calm them down telling them the child was not dead, but asleep. In response, they ridiculed him, so Jesus put them all out. Only his three apostles, Jairus and his wife remained inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jesus took the child by the hand and said to her, \u201cTalitha koum<\/em>,\u201d which means, \u201cLittle girl, I say to you, arise!\u201d The girl arose immediately. The once who witnessed this were utterly astounded<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Around the miracle performed by Jesus, we see contrasting feelings and emotions. People wept, wailed, and ridiculed Jesus, because they didn\u2019t have faith, neither in him, nor in his words. Jairus, his wife, and the three apostles instead, were utterly astounded after witnessing such a miracle.<\/p>\n

Astonishment after Jesus resurrects the child<\/h2>\n This utter astonishment is worth taking a deeper look. In the Greek version of Mk, we read,<\/p>\n " \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9, \u1f26\u03bd \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f10\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b4\u03ce\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1. \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3<\/strong>\u201d (v. 42)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the Lectionary, \u1f10\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u00a0\u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3 is translated as \u201cutterly astounded\u201d. A literal translation, though, would be \u201cimmensely ecstatic\u201d.<\/p>\n \u1f10\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 is the dative, singular, feminine form of the noun \u1f14\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2, ecstasy. This means that those present at the child\u2019s room, after seeing her alive again, were overwhelmed with emotion up to the point of almost falling into a state of trance<\/em> \u2014this is perhaps the closest translation to what the expression \u1f10\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u00a0\u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3 conveys in Greek.<\/p>\n Astonishment after the Resurrection of Jesus<\/h2>\n It is interesting to find that the expression \u201cutterly astonished\u201d (in English), appears only twice in the Gospel according to Mark: in this episode and in the pericope of The Resurrection (16:1-8). When Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome go to the sepulcher bearing spices to anoint him, and enter the empty sepulcher, they find a young man clothed in a white robe (an angel), they are utterly astonished.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, the Greek version of the Gospel says this time:<\/p>\n " \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bd\u03b5\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03ae\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u03b9\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03ae\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76\u00a0\u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/strong>. \n<\/span>Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were dazzled<\/em>. (16:5)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The young man tells them \u201cnot to be astonished\u201d,<\/p>\n " \u039c\u1f74\u00a0\u1f10\u03ba\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5<\/strong>. \nDon\u2019t be dazzled. (v. 6)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The expression here is not \u1f10\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3, but \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd and \u1f10\u03ba\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5, two forms in plural of \u1f10\u03ba\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, which means \u201cto dazzle\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So, the version of Mk in Greek presents a different reaction of dazzlement in these three women, versus the overwhelming emotion up to the point of falling into a state of trance of the ecstasy experienced by Jairus, his wife, Peter, James and John, his brother.<\/p>\n We actually run into the word \u1f14\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2, ecstasy, just three verses down. This is the only other time Mark uses it in his gospel:<\/p>\n " \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76\u00a0\u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9\u00a0\u1f14\u03c6\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u00a0\u1f00\u03c0\u1f78\u00a0\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u00a0\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03af\u03bf\u03c5,\u00a0\u03b5\u1f36\u03c7\u03b5\u03bd\u00a0\u03b3\u1f70\u03c1\u00a0\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f70\u03c2\u00a0\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2\u00a0\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76\u00a0\u1f14\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76\u00a0\u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd\u1f76\u00a0\u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd\u00a0\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd,\u00a0\u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u00a0\u03b3\u03ac\u03c1. \nThey went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and ecstasy<\/em> had come on them. (v. 8a)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The religious sense of astonishment in Mk<\/h2>\n The only two times Mark uses the word \u1f14\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2, ecstasy, is in connection to resurrection. First, after the resurrection of Jairus\u2019 daughter. Second, after the resurrection of Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This \u201castonishment\u201d or ecstasy, hence, in the Gospel according to Mark, is a profound religious experience in which those who witness the supreme power of the Son of God, capable of defeating death, are simply overwhelmed with emotion, up to the point of falling into a state of trance. It is something so beyond our human comprehension, that it can even be scary. 16:8 ends like this:<\/p>\n " \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd, \u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03b3\u03ac\u03c1. \nAnd they said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. 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