The
Gospel According to Mark
Chapter
5:22-36
22
And behold, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name
was Jairus: and when he saw him, he fell down at his feet,
23
And besought him instantly, saying, My little daughter lieth at point
of death: I pray thee that thou wouldest come and lay thine hands on
her, that she may be healed, and live.
24
Then he went with him, and a great multitude followed him and
thronged him.
25
(And there was a certain woman, which was diseased with an issue of
blood twelve years,
26
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all
that she had, and it availed her nothing, but she became much worse.
27
When she had heard of Jesus, she came in the press behind, and
touched his garment.
28
For she said, if I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole.
29
And straightway the course of her blood was dried up, and she felt in
her body, that she was healed of that plague.
30
And immediately when Jesus did know in himself the virtue that went
out of him, he turned him round about in the press, and said, Who
hath touched my clothes?
31
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude throng
thee, and sayest thou, Who did touch me?
32
And he looked round about, to see her that had done that.
33
And the woman feared and trembled: for she knew what was done in her,
and she came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34
And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in
peace, and be whole of thy plague.)
35
While he yet spake, there came from the same ruler of the Synagogue’s
house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why diseasest thou
the master any further?
36
As soon as Jesus heard that word spoken, he said unto the ruler of
the Synagogue, Be not afraid: only believe.
Brethren:
Herein,
above we find two truths: One, worship(see verse 22 and 33), and two
faith(see verse 23 and 34). Of the former, those that would worship
Him earnestly, and seek Him earnestly (in all humility and humble
adoration), can expect themselves to be heard and responded to by our
Creator. Of the later, it is our faith in Him to deliver on His
promises, that moves us to help others.
Below
commentary by John Gill - Theologian
Verse
22
“Though
he was a person of such authority; yet having heard much of the
doctrine and miracles of Christ, and believing him to be a great
prophet, and man of God; though he might not know that he was the
Messiah, and truly God, threw himself at his feet; and, as Matthew
says, "worshipped him", ( Read Matthew 9:18 ) ; showed
great reverence and respect unto him, gave him homage, at least in a
civil way, though he might not adore him as God.”
Verse
33
“Who
came of herself, and with the greatest reverence to his person, and
sense of her own unworthiness, threw herself at his feet, and gave
him a relation of the whole matter, with the utmost truth and,
exactness; what had been her case, what was her faith, and what she
had done, and what a cure she had received; and which she
acknowledged with the greatest thankfulness. In some copies it is
added, "before all"; before Christ and his disciples, and
the throng of people that were along with him: she that came behind
Christ, and privately took hold of the hem of his garment, her faith
secretly going out unto him; now appears openly before him, not being
able to hide herself any longer. Nor is she ashamed to tell what she
had done, and had been done in her: truth is to be spoken, even all
the truth; no one has reason to be ashamed of that, and especially of
the truth of grace, truth in the inward parts; this is what God
requires, and gives, and delights in. The secret experiences of grace
in our souls we should not be ashamed to relate to others; this makes
for the glory of divine grace, and the good of others. In some copies
it is read, "and told him all her cause before all": her
whole affair, how it had been with her, and now was, and what was the
cause of her taking such a method she did.”
Verse
23
“ Expressing
faith in the power of Christ to restore his daughter, though in the
utmost extremity; yet seemed to think his presence, and the
imposition of his hands were necessary to it.”
Verse
34
“Through
faith in Christ she received the cure from him; for it was not her
act of faith that either merited, or procured it, but his power, and
he himself the object of her faith that effected it: though he is
pleased to take no further notice of the virtue that went out from
him; but commends her faith, for her further and future encouragement
in the exercise of it, and for the encouragement of others to believe
in him. In the Greek text it is, "thy faith hath saved thee";
both from her bodily disease, and from her sins: not that there is
such an intrinsic virtue in faith as to deliver from either; for
certain it is, that it was not virtue that went out of her faith, but
virtue which went out from Christ, that cured her of her issue;
though faith was the means of drawing it out; or it was that, through
which, virtue from Christ exerted itself, and produced such an
effect: and it is as certain, that not faith, but Christ, is the
author and cause of spiritual salvation: faith looks to Christ for
salvation, and receives every blessing of it from him, as
righteousness, peace, pardon, adoption, and eternal life; so that
believers are saved by grace, through faith; through the exercise of
that grace they have the joy, and comfort Of salvation now; and
through it they are kept, by the power of God, unto the full
possession of it hereafter.”
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