When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
Diseases and deaths came into the world by the sin and disobedience of the first Adam; but by the grace of the second Adam both are conquered. Christ, having healed an incurable disease, here goes on to triumph over death, as in the beginning of the chapter he had triumphed over an outrageous devil. I.
Commenting on Mark 5:35-43
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue,.... Along with him, and the three disciples above mentioned; and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "and they came", the above persons: and seeing the tumult; the throng and crowd of people, of relations, friends, neighbours, and acquaintance, on this occasion, all in a hurry, and in one motion or...
Verse 38. The tumult. The confusion and weeping of the assembled people. Wailed. Making inarticulate, mournful sounds, howling for the dead.