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- This continues the account of Jesus healing the daughter of the Jewish official.
- official's house - This is the Jewish leader's house.
- flute - This is a long hollow musical instrument, which is played by blowing air in or over one end.
- flute-players - players** - "people who play flutes"
- Go away - Jesus was speaking to many people, so use the plural command form if your language has it.
- **the girl is not dead, but sleeps ** - Jesus is using the image of sleep because her death would only be for a short time, as he knew he was going to raise her from the dead. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_euphemism)