Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageHe went inside and said to them, "Why all this weeping and wailing? The child is not dead — she is only sleeping."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GGoing in, He said to them, "Why this commotion and weeping? The child has not died — she is sleeping."
KJV
King James VersionAnd when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHe went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
Footnotes
καθεύδει — "is sleeping" — one of the most theologically layered lines in the Gospels. Is it medical (she was in a deep coma) or theological (death is merely "sleep" for those over whom YHWH holds authority of waking)? Almost certainly both; Mark lets the ambiguity serve. The resurrection vocabulary of sleep and waking runs through Paul (1 Thess 4:13–15), and Yeshua here redefines death from within His own authority over it.