“While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.”
While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live. The ruler who kneels — Matthew 5:3 begins the Beatitudes with the poor in spirit — is a synagogue ruler (Mark 5:22 names him Jairus), a man of status who kneels before Jesus in desperation. His faith is extraordinary: my daughter has just died, but she will live if you lay your hand on her. He is asking not for a healing but for a resurrection — a request that goes beyond anything Jesus has yet performed publicly. Mark 5:23 and Luke 8:42 indicate she was dying, not yet dead; Matthew compresses the narrative to focus on the resurrection faith.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000