And he put them all out,.... Of the room, where the maiden lay, all the mourners and pipers; all excepting the parents of the child, and his three disciples, This clause is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions; nor was it in two of Beza's ancient copies, and in two of Stephens's; but in the rest, and in the other versions: and took hereby the hand, and called, saying; in the Syriac language, "Talitha cumi", as in Mar 5:41 Maid, arise; See Gill on Mar 5:41.