But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
Jesus came to the home of Jairus the synagogue ruler whose little daughter lay dying to find hired mourners already wailing, and after they mocked His word that she was only sleeping He had them put out and entered the room with only her parents and Peter, James and John. Inside He took her dead hand in His own and bade her arise in her home tongue, and at once breath and pulse returned, her eyes opened as from sleep, and she rose free from disease and walked. Her rising proved His word true that her death was a sleep from which He could wake her, and showed His power to restore life is not hindered by scornful laughter. With the healing of the diseased woman on the way and of the two blind men, the fame of the deed spread abroad as evidence that He was the Teacher sent from God, though she was restored to mortal life still subject to death and not made immortal as those raised at His own resurrection will be.
Context and Miracle
The verse concerns Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, whose little daughter lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. After Jesus returned across the sea with His disciples to a great crowd waiting to hear His teaching and see His miracles and be healed, and after He left the multitude to eat in the house of Levi, Jairus came and fell at His feet and begged Him to come and lay His hands on her that she might be healed and live. Jesus at once went with the distressed father toward his home, though the disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of the haughty ruler. The way was only a short distance but progress was very slow because the people pressed forward eager to see Him and begging His attention and aid, while the anxious father feared being too late and Jesus pitied the people in their spiritual darkness and physical maladies and stopped to minister to their wants.
When Jesus reached the ruler's house, the noisy, hired mourners were put forth from the house and cleared from the room where the dead child lay after they laughed His words to scorn when He said she was not dead but sleeping. He then went in with only her father and mother and Peter, James, and John, a few faithful disciples. Entering the room after the mourners were sent out, He approached the dead girl to raise her to life.
Inside, He took the dead girl by the hand in His own and softly told her in the familiar language of her home to arise. Instantly life returned through her body, the pulse beat again, breath returned, and her eyes opened as from sleep. The maid arose immediately at His touch and command, weak from her long illness but free from disease, and walked. Her rising demonstrates Christ's power to restore life.
Her parents received her with joy and wept. Jesus bade them give her food and charged the household to tell no one of the event. Yet the news that He had raised the dead to life spread far and near into all that land.
Meaning and Witness
The death from which she was lifted in the ruler's house after the noisy mourners were put out was the very state He had called sleep, for He went in, took the dead daughter by the hand, and the maid arose from death. Her rising proved that His words about her sleeping described a death from which He could awaken her. Her rising demonstrates His power to restore life, and the people's laughter does not prevent His work, for the girl rises at His touch. The raising followed the ruler's plea for life for his daughter and the healing on the way of the woman diseased with an issue of blood, and its fame went abroad into all that land, standing with the healing of the two blind men as successive works of mercy giving evidence that He was the Teacher sent from God. Unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection, the ruler's daughter was not made immortal when she was raised to life and remained subject to death.
Jesus came to the home of Jairus the synagogue ruler whose little daughter lay dying to find hired mourners already wailing, and after they mocked His word that she was only sleeping He had them put out and entered the room with only her parents and Peter, James and John. Inside He took her dead hand in His own and bade her arise in her home tongue, and at once breath and pulse returned, her eyes opened as from sleep, and she rose free from disease and walked. Her rising proved His word true that her death was a sleep from which He could wake her, and showed His power to restore life is not hindered by scornful laughter. With the healing of the diseased woman on the way and of the two blind men, the fame of the deed spread abroad as evidence that He was the Teacher sent from God, though she was restored to mortal life still subject to death and not made immortal as those raised at His own resurrection will be.
Context and Miracle
The verse concerns Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, whose little daughter lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. After Jesus returned across the sea with His disciples to a great crowd waiting to hear His teaching and see His miracles and be healed, and after He left the multitude to eat in the house of Levi, Jairus came and fell at His feet and begged Him to come and lay His hands on her that she might be healed and live. Jesus at once went with the distressed father toward his home, though the disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of the haughty ruler. The way was only a short distance but progress was very slow because the people pressed forward eager to see Him and begging His attention and aid, while the anxious father feared being too late and Jesus pitied the people in their spiritual darkness and physical maladies and stopped to minister to their wants.
When Jesus reached the ruler's house, the noisy, hired mourners were put forth from the house and cleared from the room where the dead child lay after they laughed His words to scorn when He said she was not dead but sleeping. He then went in with only her father and mother and Peter, James, and John, a few faithful disciples. Entering the room after the mourners were sent out, He approached the dead girl to raise her to life.
Inside, He took the dead girl by the hand in His own and softly told her in the familiar language of her home to arise. Instantly life returned through her body, the pulse beat again, breath returned, and her eyes opened as from sleep. The maid arose immediately at His touch and command, weak from her long illness but free from disease, and walked. Her rising demonstrates Christ's power to restore life.
Her parents received her with joy and wept. Jesus bade them give her food and charged the household to tell no one of the event. Yet the news that He had raised the dead to life spread far and near into all that land.
Meaning and Witness
The death from which she was lifted in the ruler's house after the noisy mourners were put out was the very state He had called sleep, for He went in, took the dead daughter by the hand, and the maid arose from death. Her rising proved that His words about her sleeping described a death from which He could awaken her. Her rising demonstrates His power to restore life, and the people's laughter does not prevent His work, for the girl rises at His touch. The raising followed the ruler's plea for life for his daughter and the healing on the way of the woman diseased with an issue of blood, and its fame went abroad into all that land, standing with the healing of the two blind men as successive works of mercy giving evidence that He was the Teacher sent from God. Unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection, the ruler's daughter was not made immortal when she was raised to life and remained subject to death.