Mark 5:37

Suffered no man. That is, “permitted no one” (see on Matt. 19:14). In addition to the three disciples here mentioned, the parents of the girl accompanied Jesus into the room where she lay (see Mark 5:40). The bedlam of the mourners (see on vs. 38, 39) and the coarse incredulity of the unbelieving crowd that had gathered in the home (see v. 40), made the presence of the mourners and unbelievers completely inappropriate to the solemn majesty of divine power about to be manifested by the One who had “life in himself” (John 5:26; cf. ch. 1:4).

Peter, and James, and John. Literally, “the Peter and James and John.” The use of the definite article in the Greek shows that the three disciples are here treated as one unit. This is the first instance where these three were selected from among the Twelve to share with Jesus certain of the more intimate experiences of His life on earth (see on Matt. 17:1). Perhaps in this instance the room was too small to accommodate all the Twelve.