Mark 5:23
and pleaded with him, saying, “My little daughter is about to die. Please come and place your hands on her so she may be healed and live.”
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22A synagogue leader, a man named Jairus, came to him. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet
24So Jesus went with him. Everybody followed, crowding and jostling him.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:11But Naaman got angry and left, saying, “I expected he would at least come out, stand there and invoke the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over where my leprosy is and heal it.
Psalms 107:19Then they called out to the Lord for help in their troubles, and he saved them from their suffering.
Mark 6:5The result was that Jesus could not do any miracles there, except to heal a few sick people.
Mark 7:25As soon as a woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard about him, she came and fell at his feet.
Mark 8:23Jesus took the blind man by the hand and took him outside the village. Jesus spat on the man's eyes and touched him with his hands. Then Jesus asked him, “Can you see anything?”
Mark 16:18they will be able to handle snakes; if they drink something poisonous they won't be harmed; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be healed.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:22-35
The Healing of the Bloody Issue. 21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 23 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. 24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him,… Read the whole commentary →