And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Mark 5:43 belongs to the close of the account of Jairus's daughter and the healing by the touch of faith, told also in Matthew 9:18-26 and Luke 8:40-56. After raising Jairus's daughter to life, Jesus strictly charged the household to keep the miracle secret and commanded that something should be given her to eat. She was restored to life and health but was weak after her long illness and needed nourishment, and her need for food confirms she had returned to ordinary bodily life and was alive and recovering. Despite the strict order for silence, the news spread widely because many people had witnessed her death and saw her alive again.
Her raising was a miracle during the ministry but was not a clothing with immortality. Like the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus she remained subject to death and decay. This is unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to ascend with Him as trophies of His victory, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow.
By attending at once to the ordinary need for food alongside a great miracle, Jesus illustrated faithful, thoughtful attention to little things and simple human needs even amid the greatest work. Even with the great work of redemption constantly upon Him and all His energies taxed to the utmost in teaching and healing, He noticed the simplest things in human life and nature. He did not overlook the needs of the humblest, heard every needy cry, and in His finely wrought divine-human nature responded to even the least touch of faith. His order and economy and thoughtful care is an example for nurses and physicians to follow.
Mark 5:43 belongs to the close of the account of Jairus's daughter and the healing by the touch of faith, told also in Matthew 9:18-26 and Luke 8:40-56. After raising Jairus's daughter to life, Jesus strictly charged the household to keep the miracle secret and commanded that something should be given her to eat. She was restored to life and health but was weak after her long illness and needed nourishment, and her need for food confirms she had returned to ordinary bodily life and was alive and recovering. Despite the strict order for silence, the news spread widely because many people had witnessed her death and saw her alive again.
Her raising was a miracle during the ministry but was not a clothing with immortality. Like the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus she remained subject to death and decay. This is unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection, who were raised to everlasting life to ascend with Him as trophies of His victory, nevermore to see death or experience sorrow.
By attending at once to the ordinary need for food alongside a great miracle, Jesus illustrated faithful, thoughtful attention to little things and simple human needs even amid the greatest work. Even with the great work of redemption constantly upon Him and all His energies taxed to the utmost in teaching and healing, He noticed the simplest things in human life and nature. He did not overlook the needs of the humblest, heard every needy cry, and in His finely wrought divine-human nature responded to even the least touch of faith. His order and economy and thoughtful care is an example for nurses and physicians to follow.