“And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.”
He pleaded earnestly with him, my little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live — the request is specific about method (put your hands on her) and specific about goal (healed and live). The earnestness of the pleading communicates the desperation of a father watching his child die. My little daughter — the diminutive communicates both the child's age and the father's tenderness. Please come — the urgency is real: the daughter is dying, not merely ill. The faith implicit in the request (Jesus' hands can heal) is the counterpart to the bleeding woman's faith that will emerge within the story.
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