Jesus Beside the Dead Daughter of Jairusby CBPepper
5:38Mark 5:38
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
This verse belongs to the account of Jesus going with Jairus to heal his dying daughter. He responded at once to the distressed father, though the crowd slowed the journey as He stopped to help people along the way. He then hurried with Jairus to the house after the messenger reported the daughter dead.
The house was in Capernaum, one of the places where He performed remarkable works. The raising of the dead there was one of His most wonderful manifestations of power.
The tumult on arrival was a loud, customary outward display of grief over the girl's death by hired mourners. It included flute-players and women employed according to local custom to weep and wail. The house was filled with commotion and people weeping and wailing over the daughter, making a great show of external sorrow.
Jesus rebuked the mourners and commanded them to weep not and stop lamenting, because she was not dead but sleeping. They were indignant and laughed His words to scorn because they had seen that she was lifeless and dead. They had seen death change the living child to a pulseless and unconscious form. They questioned by what authority a humble stranger ordered them to stop lamenting and asserted she still lived. At His command they left the room, so that only the father and mother with Peter, James and John remained with Jesus where the child lay dead, and He sent them out before restoring her to life.
In raising her He attended not only to her restoration to life but also to her ordinary need for food, making careful attention to small needs an example of faithful service. Her raising restored mortal life only and was temporary. She was not clothed with immortality but remained subject to death and decay, just like the widow of Nain's son and Lazarus. This is different from those who came forth at Christ's own resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to be with Him where He is, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow.
This verse belongs to the account of Jesus going with Jairus to heal his dying daughter. He responded at once to the distressed father, though the crowd slowed the journey as He stopped to help people along the way. He then hurried with Jairus to the house after the messenger reported the daughter dead.
The house was in Capernaum, one of the places where He performed remarkable works. The raising of the dead there was one of His most wonderful manifestations of power.
The tumult on arrival was a loud, customary outward display of grief over the girl's death by hired mourners. It included flute-players and women employed according to local custom to weep and wail. The house was filled with commotion and people weeping and wailing over the daughter, making a great show of external sorrow.
Jesus rebuked the mourners and commanded them to weep not and stop lamenting, because she was not dead but sleeping. They were indignant and laughed His words to scorn because they had seen that she was lifeless and dead. They had seen death change the living child to a pulseless and unconscious form. They questioned by what authority a humble stranger ordered them to stop lamenting and asserted she still lived. At His command they left the room, so that only the father and mother with Peter, James and John remained with Jesus where the child lay dead, and He sent them out before restoring her to life.
In raising her He attended not only to her restoration to life but also to her ordinary need for food, making careful attention to small needs an example of faithful service. Her raising restored mortal life only and was temporary. She was not clothed with immortality but remained subject to death and decay, just like the widow of Nain's son and Lazarus. This is different from those who came forth at Christ's own resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to be with Him where He is, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow.