5:42a

the girl got up: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as got up can either mean “to stand up” or “to rise from the dead.” The context shows that both of these things happened: she became alive again, and she stood up. In some languages it may be necessary to make this explicit. For example:

…the little girl became alive again. She stood up…

5:42b

She was twelve years old: This is background information. Many translations use parentheses to indicate this. (Mark may have said this to explain that the girl was old enough to walk. The terms that have been used in the story to refer to her (“my little daughter,” “child,” and “little girl”) could also refer to a baby.) Indicate it in a natural way in your language. For example:

By the way, the child/girl was twelve years old.

In some languages it may be more natural to mention the age of the girl elsewhere in the story, for example, at 5:40d, 5:41a, or 5:42a. The Contemporary English Version says:

41aHe took the twelve-year-old girl by the hand

5:42c

and at once: The words and at once refer to the event of the little girl beginning to live again.

they were utterly astounded: The Greek clause that the Berean Standard Bible translates as they were utterly astounded is literally “they were astonished with great astonishment.” This clause describes an intense feeling of surprise mixed with fear or awe at the miracle that Jesus had just done. Translate it with an expression in your language that could describe how people would feel if they saw someone raised from the dead. You may have an idiom for this.

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