Jesus Beside the Dead Daughter of JairusBible World
5:39Mark 5:39
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Coming in to the house, He asked why there was this commotion and weeping, and declared that the damsel was not dead but sleeping. Those present knew she had died, for they had seen her lifeless, pulseless and unconscious, and they laughed at, mocked and scorned His words because they believed she was dead. He called her death sleep because He was about to restore her to life, and His statement announced the raising that would immediately follow.
He rebuked the mourners' public display of grief, whose commotion did not change His authority over death. She had been sick only a short time and was raised soon, immediately after death, at His command. This showed that death was not beyond His power and that in this instance it was like sleep from which she could be awakened.
His word asleep was later used to claim she had merely slept and had not really died, making the miracle seem deceptive. But she had been dead and He raised her to life. Her return to life was a temporary restoration to mortal life, not a clothing with immortality.
Like the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus, she remained subject to death and decay. This stands in contrast to those who came forth at Christ's resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to be with Him where He is, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow. In the same account, after restoring her to life He directed her parents to give her something to eat. This shows that even while the great work of redemption weighed on Him and teaching and healing taxed all the energies of body and soul to the utmost, He noticed the simplest things in human life and did not overlook the needs of the humblest.
Coming in to the house, He asked why there was this commotion and weeping, and declared that the damsel was not dead but sleeping. Those present knew she had died, for they had seen her lifeless, pulseless and unconscious, and they laughed at, mocked and scorned His words because they believed she was dead. He called her death sleep because He was about to restore her to life, and His statement announced the raising that would immediately follow.
He rebuked the mourners' public display of grief, whose commotion did not change His authority over death. She had been sick only a short time and was raised soon, immediately after death, at His command. This showed that death was not beyond His power and that in this instance it was like sleep from which she could be awakened.
His word asleep was later used to claim she had merely slept and had not really died, making the miracle seem deceptive. But she had been dead and He raised her to life. Her return to life was a temporary restoration to mortal life, not a clothing with immortality.
Like the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus, she remained subject to death and decay. This stands in contrast to those who came forth at Christ's resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to be with Him where He is, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow. In the same account, after restoring her to life He directed her parents to give her something to eat. This shows that even while the great work of redemption weighed on Him and teaching and healing taxed all the energies of body and soul to the utmost, He noticed the simplest things in human life and did not overlook the needs of the humblest.