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Home/Biblical and Theological/Talitha Cumi

Talitha Cumi

These are two of the most precious words in all of the Word of God.

Written by Nathan Eshelman | Thursday, September 30, 2021

There will come a time when the graves will opened. And all of you ladies who are in Christ will hear: “Talitha cumi.”  “Little girl, get up.” And all of you men who are resting in Jesus for the forgiveness of sin—you will hear: “Talay Cumi.” “Little boy, get up.” And you will be ushered into eternity—body and soul—by the one who conquered death. 

 

Most of the Gospel of Mark is written in Greek, and when the reader is confronted with Jesus speaking Aramaic, it ought to give pause. Jairus’s twelve year-old daughter–an only child–lay dead and the Lord Jesus had been called to her bedside to heal her. The Gospel records:

Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. Mark 5:41-42

With the quiet of the room and the mourning of the parents…

With Peter and James and John looking on…

With a twelve year old girl lying dead in her bed…

With all the wailing outside and the mockery of Jesus….

With the words of her death spreading around the small town….

Jesus, the precious savior, takes this little girl by the hand and whispers in Aramaic:

Talitha cumi.

These are two of the most precious words in all of the Word of God:

“Little girl, get up.”
“Honey, it’s okay—rise up.”
“Rise up, little girl.”

And she did.

She rose from the dead as Jesus brought her back to life through whispering two of the most precious words that have ever crossed the lips of humanity.

Talitha cumi.

Now go–if you will–with me into the next years and decades of life, along with this twelve-year old girl. Use your sanctified imagination.

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