Jairus' Daughter Rises as Jesus Stands byby CBPepper
8:54Luke 8:54
And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
The verse records the raising of Jairus's daughter to life after the return from healing the demoniacs at Gadara. Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue who fell at Jesus' feet pleading for his little daughter, who lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. Jesus went at once with him toward his home, though the disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of the haughty ruler. Progress was very slow because the crowd pressed on every side and He stopped to minister to the people while the anxious father urged Him forward fearful of being too late.
Before speaking He put all others out of the room, clearing it of noisy hired mourners. Those mourners had seen death turn the living child pulseless and unconscious, and they laughed His statement that she was sleeping to scorn. He entered only with the father and mother and Peter, James, and John. At the bedside He took the dead child's hand in His own and called to her softly in the familiar language of her home, telling her to arise and get up. At His word life returned instantly through her whole body.
Her pulse beat again and breath returned. Her eyes opened as from sleep and her lips smiled. She arose weak from long illness but free from disease and walked, while her parents wept for joy. He then cared for her immediate bodily necessity by ordering that she be given food and directing her parents to give her something to eat. He ordered the household to tell no one what happened, though the many who had seen her dead spread the news that He had raised the dead to life.
The act demonstrates His power over death and His compassion for the grieving family. This raising stands together with His raising of the widow's son at Nain and His calling forth of Lazarus after four days dead as proof that He raises the dead to life. These raisings foreshadow His coming again to earth, when His voice will pierce the tombs and the dead in Christ will rise to glorious, immortal life to ever be with the Lord. His care to provide food in the midst of His great work of teaching, healing, and redemption shows careful, faithful attention to the most simple little things of life, even while all the energies of mind and body were taxed to the utmost and the great work of redemption was upon Him. This conscientious attention is the example Christians must follow in cooperating with Him for the salvation of souls, and it is the secret of success in every line of Christian effort and influence.
The verse records the raising of Jairus's daughter to life after the return from healing the demoniacs at Gadara. Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue who fell at Jesus' feet pleading for his little daughter, who lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. Jesus went at once with him toward his home, though the disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of the haughty ruler. Progress was very slow because the crowd pressed on every side and He stopped to minister to the people while the anxious father urged Him forward fearful of being too late.
Before speaking He put all others out of the room, clearing it of noisy hired mourners. Those mourners had seen death turn the living child pulseless and unconscious, and they laughed His statement that she was sleeping to scorn. He entered only with the father and mother and Peter, James, and John. At the bedside He took the dead child's hand in His own and called to her softly in the familiar language of her home, telling her to arise and get up. At His word life returned instantly through her whole body.
Her pulse beat again and breath returned. Her eyes opened as from sleep and her lips smiled. She arose weak from long illness but free from disease and walked, while her parents wept for joy. He then cared for her immediate bodily necessity by ordering that she be given food and directing her parents to give her something to eat. He ordered the household to tell no one what happened, though the many who had seen her dead spread the news that He had raised the dead to life.
The act demonstrates His power over death and His compassion for the grieving family. This raising stands together with His raising of the widow's son at Nain and His calling forth of Lazarus after four days dead as proof that He raises the dead to life. These raisings foreshadow His coming again to earth, when His voice will pierce the tombs and the dead in Christ will rise to glorious, immortal life to ever be with the Lord. His care to provide food in the midst of His great work of teaching, healing, and redemption shows careful, faithful attention to the most simple little things of life, even while all the energies of mind and body were taxed to the utmost and the great work of redemption was upon Him. This conscientious attention is the example Christians must follow in cooperating with Him for the salvation of souls, and it is the secret of success in every line of Christian effort and influence.