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Selected Verse: Mark 5:22 - Strong Concordance
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| Mr 5:22 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532], behold [2400], there cometh [2064] one [1520] of the rulers of the synagogue [752], Jairus [2383] by name [3686]; and [2532] when he saw [1492] him [846], he fell [4098] at [4314] his [846] feet [4228], |
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King James |
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue--of which class there were but few who believed in Jesus (Joh 7:48). One would suppose from this that the ruler had been with the multitude on the shore, anxiously awaiting the return of Jesus, and immediately on His arrival had accosted Him as here related. But Matthew (Mat 9:18) tells us that the ruler came to Him while He was in the act of speaking at His own table on the subject of fasting; and as we must suppose that this converted publican ought to know what took place on that memorable occasion when he made a feast to his Lord, we conclude that here the right order is indicated by the First Evangelist alone.
Jairus by name--or "Jaeirus." It is the same name as Jair, in the Old Testament (Num 32:41; Jdg 10:3; Est 2:5).
and when he saw him, he fell at his feet--in Matthew (Mat 9:18), "worshipped Him." The meaning is the same in both. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See the account of the raising of Jairus' daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Mat 9:18-26.
Mar 5:23
Lieth at the point of death - Is dying; in the last agonies.
Mar 5:26
Had suffered many things - Had resorted to many things painful, by the direction of the physicians, in order to be healed.
Mar 5:27
Came in the press behind - In the crowd that pressed upon him. This was done to avoid being noticed. It was an act of faith. She was full of confidence that Jesus was able to heal, but she trembled on account of her conscious unworthiness, thus illustrating the humility and confidence of a sinner coming to God for pardon and life.
Mar 5:30
Virtue had gone out of him - Power to heal. The word in the original means power.
Who touched my clothes? - This be said, not to obtain information, for he had healed her, and must have known on whom the blessing was conferred; but he did it that the woman might herself make a confession of the whole matter, so that the power of her faith and the greatness of the miracle might be manifested to the praise of God.
Mar 5:34
Daughter - A word of kindness, tending to inspire confidence and to dissipate her fears.
Be whole - That is, continue to be whole, for she was already cured.
Of thy plague - Thy disease; literally, thy "scourge." So a word from Jesus heals the moral malady of the sinner.
Mar 5:35, Mar 5:36
Why troublest thou ... - It seems that the people had not yet confidence that Jesus could raise the dead. He had not yet done it; and as the child was now dead, and as they supposed that his power over her was at an end, they wished no farther to trouble him. Jesus kindly set the fears of the ruler at rest, and assured him that he had equal power over the dead and the living, and could as easily raise those who had expired as those who were expiring.
Mar 5:38
The tumult - The confusion and weeping of the assembled people.
Wailed - Making inarticulate, mournful sounds; howling for the dead.
Mar 5:39
This ado - This tumult, this bustle or confusion.
And weep - Weep in this inordinate and improper manner. See the notes at Mat 9:23.
But sleepeth - See the notes at Mat 9:24.
Mar 5:41
Talitha cumi - This is the language which our Saviour commonly spoke. It is a mixture of Syriac and Chaldee, called Syro-Chaldaic. The proper translation is given by the evangelist - "Damsel, arise."
Mar 5:43
Something should be given her to eat - "He had raised her by extraordinary power, but he willed that she should be sustained by ordinary means." He also in this gave full evidence that she was really restored to life and health. The changes were great, sudden, and certain. There could be no illusion. So, when the Saviour had risen, he gave evidence of his own resurrection by eating with his disciples, Joh 21:1-13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| One of the rulers of the synagogue - To regulate the affairs of every synagogue, there was a council of grave men. Over these was a president, who was termed the ruler of the synagogue. Sometimes there was no more than one ruler in a synagogue. Mat 9:18; Luk 8:41. |
18 While he [846] spake [2980] these things [5023] unto them [846], behold [2400], there came [2064] a certain [1520] ruler [758], and worshipped [4352] him [846], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] daughter [2364] is even now [737] dead [5053]: but [235] come [2064] and lay [2007] thy [4675] hand [5495] upon [1909] her [846], and [2532] she shall live [2198].
5 Now in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002] there was a certain [0376] Jew [03064], whose name [08034] was Mordecai [04782], the son [01121] of Jair [02971], the son [01121] of Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Kish [07027], a Benjamite [01145];
3 And after [0310] him arose [06965] Jair [02971], a Gileadite [01569], and judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] and two [08147] years [08141].
41 And Jair [02971] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] went [01980] and took [03920] the small towns [02333] thereof, and called [07121] them Havothjair [02334].
18 While he [846] spake [2980] these things [5023] unto them [846], behold [2400], there came [2064] a certain [1520] ruler [758], and worshipped [4352] him [846], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] daughter [2364] is even now [737] dead [5053]: but [235] come [2064] and lay [2007] thy [4675] hand [5495] upon [1909] her [846], and [2532] she shall live [2198].
48 Have any [3387] of [1537] the rulers [758] or [2228] of [1537] the Pharisees [5330] believed [4100] on [1519] him [846]?
1 After [3326] these things [5023] Jesus [2424] shewed [5319] himself [1438] again [3825] to the disciples [3101] at [1909] the sea [2281] of Tiberias [5085]; and [1161] on this wise [3779] shewed [5319] he himself.
2 There were [2258] together [3674] Simon [4613] Peter [4074], and [2532] Thomas [2381] called [3004] Didymus [1324], and [2532] Nathanael [3482] of [575] Cana [2580] in Galilee [1056], and [2532] the sons [3588] of Zebedee [2199], and [2532] two [1417] other [243] of [1537] his [846] disciples [3101].
3 Simon [4613] Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto them [846], I go [5217] a fishing [232]. They say [3004] unto him [846], We [2249] also [2532] go [2064] with [4862] thee [4671]. They went forth [1831], and [2532] entered [305] into [1519] a ship [4143] immediately [2117]; and [2532] that [1722] [1565] night [3571] they caught [4084] nothing [3762].
4 But [1161] when the morning [4405] was [1096] now [2235] come [1096], Jesus [2424] stood [2476] on [1519] the shore [123]: but [3305] the disciples [3101] knew [1492] not [3756] that [3754] it was [2076] Jesus [2424].
5 Then [3767] Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Children [3813], have ye [2192] any [3387] meat [4371]? They answered [611] him [846], No [3756].
6 And [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], Cast [906] the net [1350] on [1519] the right [1188] side [3313] of the ship [4143], and [2532] ye shall find [2147]. They cast [906] therefore [3767], and [2532] now [3765] they were [2480] not [3765] able [2480] to draw [1670] it [846] for [575] the multitude [4128] of fishes [2486].
7 Therefore [3767] that [1565] disciple [3101] whom [3739] Jesus [2424] loved [25] saith [3004] unto Peter [4074], It is [2076] the Lord [2962]. Now [3767] when Simon [4613] Peter [4074] heard [191] that [3754] it was [2076] the Lord [2962], he girt [1241] his fisher's coat [1903] unto him, (for [1063] he was [2258] naked [1131],) and [2532] did cast [906] himself [1438] into [1519] the sea [2281].
8 And [1161] the other [243] disciples [3101] came [2064] in a little ship [4142]; (for [1063] they were [2258] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] land [1093], but [235] as it were [5613] [575] two hundred [1250] cubits [4083],) dragging [4951] the net [1350] with fishes [2486].
9 As soon [5613] then [3767] as they were come [576] to [1519] land [1093], they saw [991] a fire of coals [439] there, and [2532] fish [3795] laid [2749] thereon [1945], and [2532] bread [740].
10 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Bring [5342] of [575] the fish [3795] which [3739] ye have [4084] now [3568] caught [4084].
11 Simon [4613] Peter [4074] went up [305], and [2532] drew [1670] the net [1350] to [1909] land [1093] full [3324] of great [3173] fishes [2486], an hundred [1540] and fifty [4004] and three [5140]: and [2532] for all there were so many [5118], yet was [5607] not [3756] the net [1350] broken [4977].
12 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Come [1205] and dine [709]. And [1161] none [3762] of the disciples [3101] durst [5111] ask [1833] him [846], Who [5101] art [1488] thou [4771]? knowing [1492] that [3754] it was [2076] the Lord [2962].
13 Jesus [2424] then [3767] cometh [2064], and [2532] taketh [2983] bread [740], and [2532] giveth [1325] them [846], and [2532] fish [3795] likewise [3668].
43 And [2532] he charged [1291] them [846] straitly [4183] that [2443] no man [3367] should know [1097] it [5124]; and [2532] commanded [2036] that something should be given [1325] her [846] to eat [5315].
41 And [2532] he took [2902] the damsel [3813] by the hand [5495], and said [3004] unto her [846], Talitha [5008] cumi [2891]; which [3739] is [2076], being interpreted [3177], Damsel [2877], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], arise [1453].
24 He said [3004] unto them [846], Give place [402]: for [1063] the maid [2877] is [599] not [3756] dead [599], but [235] sleepeth [2518]. And [2532] they laughed [2606] him [846] to scorn [2606].
23 And [2532] when Jesus [2424] came [2064] into [1519] the ruler's [758] house [3614], and [2532] saw [1492] the minstrels [834] and [2532] the people [3793] making a noise [2350],
39 And [2532] when he was come in [1525], he saith [3004] unto them [846], Why [5101] make ye this ado [2350], and [2532] weep [2799]? the damsel [3813] is [599] not [3756] dead [599], but [235] sleepeth [2518].
38 And [2532] he cometh [2064] to [1519] the house [3624] of the ruler of the synagogue [752], and [2532] seeth [2334] the tumult [2351], and them that wept [2799] and [2532] wailed [214] greatly [4183].
36 As soon as [1161] [2112] Jesus [2424] heard [191] the word [3056] that was spoken [2980], he saith [3004] unto the ruler of the synagogue [752], Be [5399] not [3361] afraid [5399], only [3440] believe [4100].
35 While [2089] he [846] yet [2089] spake [2980], there came [2064] from [575] the ruler of the synagogue's [752] house certain which said [3004], [3754] Thy [4675] daughter [2364] is dead [599]: why [5101] troublest thou [4660] the Master [1320] any further [2089]?
34 And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], Daughter [2364], thy [4675] faith [4102] hath made [4982] thee [4571] whole [4982]; go [5217] in [1519] peace [1515], and [2532] be [2468] whole [5199] of [575] thy [4675] plague [3148].
30 And [2532] Jesus [2424], immediately [2112] knowing [1921] in [1722] himself [1438] that virtue [1411] had gone [1831] out of [1537] him [846], turned him about [1994] in [1722] the press [3793], and said [3004], Who [5101] touched [680] my [3450] clothes [2440]?
27 When she had heard [191] of [4012] Jesus [2424], came [2064] in [1722] the press [3793] behind [3693], and touched [680] his [846] garment [2440].
26 And [2532] had suffered [3958] many things [4183] of [5259] many [4183] physicians [2395], and [2532] had spent [1159] all [3956] that she [1438] had [3844], and [2532] was [5623] nothing [3367] bettered [5623], but [235] rather [3123] grew [2064] worse [1519] [5501],
23 And [2532] besought [3870] him [846] greatly [4183], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] little daughter [2365] lieth [2079] at the point of death [2192]: I pray thee, come [2064] and [2443] lay [2007] thy hands [5495] on her [846], that [3704] she may be healed [4982]; and [2532] she shall live [2198].
18 While he [846] spake [2980] these things [5023] unto them [846], behold [2400], there came [2064] a certain [1520] ruler [758], and worshipped [4352] him [846], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] daughter [2364] is even now [737] dead [5053]: but [235] come [2064] and lay [2007] thy [4675] hand [5495] upon [1909] her [846], and [2532] she shall live [2198].
19 And [2532] Jesus [2424] arose [1453], and followed [190] him [846], and [2532] so did his [846] disciples [3101].
20 And [2532], behold [2400], a woman [1135], which was diseased with an issue of blood [131] twelve [1427] years [2094], came [4334] behind [3693] him, and touched [680] the hem [2899] of his [846] garment [2440]:
21 For [1063] she said [3004] within [1722] herself [1438], If [1437] I may [680] but [3440] touch [680] his [846] garment [2440], I shall be whole [4982].
22 But [1161] Jesus [2424] turned him about [1994], and [2532] when he saw [1492] her [846], he said [2036], Daughter [2364], be of good comfort [2293]; thy [4675] faith [4102] hath made [4982] thee [4571] whole [4982]. And [2532] the woman [1135] was made whole [4982] from [575] that [1565] hour [5610].
23 And [2532] when Jesus [2424] came [2064] into [1519] the ruler's [758] house [3614], and [2532] saw [1492] the minstrels [834] and [2532] the people [3793] making a noise [2350],
24 He said [3004] unto them [846], Give place [402]: for [1063] the maid [2877] is [599] not [3756] dead [599], but [235] sleepeth [2518]. And [2532] they laughed [2606] him [846] to scorn [2606].
25 But [1161] when [3753] the people [3793] were put forth [1544], he went in [1525], and took [2902] her [846] by the hand [5495], and [2532] the maid [2877] arose [1453].
26 And [2532] the fame [5345] hereof [3778] went abroad [1831] into [1519] all [3650] that [1565] land [1093].
41 And [2532], behold [2400], there came [2064] a man [435] named [3739] [3686] Jairus [2383], and [2532] he [846] was [5225] a ruler [758] of the synagogue [4864]: and [2532] he fell down [4098] at [3844] Jesus [2424]' feet [4228], and besought [3870] him [846] that he would come [1525] into [1519] his [846] house [3624]:
18 While he [846] spake [2980] these things [5023] unto them [846], behold [2400], there came [2064] a certain [1520] ruler [758], and worshipped [4352] him [846], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] daughter [2364] is even now [737] dead [5053]: but [235] come [2064] and lay [2007] thy [4675] hand [5495] upon [1909] her [846], and [2532] she shall live [2198].