Jesus crossed to the other side of the lake and while He was still on the shore, a large crowd gathered around him. Jairus, an official of the synagogue, came up and seeing Jesus, threw himself at his feet and asked him earnestly, «My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live». Jesus went with him and many people followed, pressing from every side.
Among the crowd was a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a lot at the hands of many doctors and had spent everything she had, but instead of getting better, she was worse. Since she had heard about Jesus, this woman came up behind him and touched his cloak thinking, «If I just touch his clothing, I shall get well». Her flow of blood dried up at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her complaint. But Jesus was conscious that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, «Who touched my clothes?». His disciples answered, «You see how the people are crowding around you. Why do you ask who touched you?». But he kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, aware of what had happened, came forward trembling and afraid. She knelt before him and told him the whole truth. Then Jesus said to her, «Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace and be free of this illness».
While Jesus was still speaking, some people arrived from the official's house to inform him, «Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Master any further?». But Jesus ignored what they said and told the official, «Do not fear, just believe». And He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James and John, the brother of James.
When they arrived at the house, Jesus saw a great commotion with people weeping and wailing loudly. Jesus entered and said to them, «Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep». They laughed at him. But Jesus sent them outside and went with the child's father and mother and his companions into the room where the child lay. Taking her by the hand, he said to her, «Talitha kumi!» which means: “Little girl, get up!”. The girl got up at once and began to walk around. (She was twelve years old.) The parents were astonished, greatly astonished. Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.
Source: http://evangeli.net/gospel/
Analysis
Today's passage concern us with two impressive actions done by Jesus Christ. And do remark that my language towards Jesus would be more, tolerable, as I noted that my language started to become much more hostile towards Christ. As a result, I will soften my language, the reasons for that, you do not need to know. Nonetheless, we should examine this passage as usual. There are two parts of this passage, first the resurrection of Jairus' daughter, and the second the healing of the bleeding woman that touched Jesus' clothes. Both parts speak of the impressiveness of Jesus' love and the power of faith.
In the first part, Jesus was encountered by Jairus, a synagogue official, i.e. the folks that are Jesus' primary opponents, or target of venting His anger. Jairus asked Jesus to heal his sick almost dead daughter that actually died as they went to his home. As the group was on their way, some people from the official's house came and announced that Jairus' daughter is dead, and asked why must the teacher, i.e. Jesus, be troubled even further. Jesus, being the persistent man He is, ignored them and went to the house regardless. He then allowed only three of His disciples to join Him, and then went to see the girl's lying corpse.
Jesus came and saw people crying causing a great commotion, He then announced that the girl is not dead, but asleep, and was mocked by the people. He then asked all of them to leave the area, and with His companions and the child's parents, went to where the child is lied down, and in Hebrew ordered the child to wake up while holding her hands. The girl then woke up and walked around, the people were astonished, and He ordered the parents to feed the poor girl. He then strictly ordered the witnesses to not tell anyone about this.
The second part is technically squeezed in the journey from where Jesus was on the shore to Jairus' house. It is described that a lady had been bleeding for twelve long years. She had looked for healers everywhere, but it only made her ailment worse. She has heard of Jesus, and when she saw Him, she thought, if she touched even just the clothes, then she will be healed. She did, and she was healed, for good. Jesus was shocked as He felt energy coming out of Him, and asked who touched His clothes. His disciples dismissed His question as ridiculous, but Jesus insisted. The lady was in fear of what will happen, and came to Jesus kneeling, and told all of the truth. Jesus then sent the lady on her way, calling her "daughter" and her faith has saved her, Jesus told her to go in peace and be free of her illness.
There is something incredibly significant within Jesus' resurrection of Jairus' daughter. As it shows that Jesus truly loves everyone, and His remarks against the pharisees and the officials aren't borne of hatred, but of a frustration to save them, that is His true love. And this is the very evidence, that Jesus resurrected the child of His so called opponents, this shows that His actions are borne of true love, and not hatred. And His words that the child is sleeping is not completely wrong, as technically the child's consciousness is sleeping, the problem being it won't be able to access that same body if Jesus didn't restore the body so the consciousness can access the same body, which is what people refer to when the speak of resurrection. And the reason He told them not to tell others, like how He did whenever something amazing happened, the reason is, He does not wish to cause disorder, and not many people would believe that the a dead person is resurrected. That is as far as I can see, a logical conclusion.
There is something important as well about the healing of the bleeding woman, not just Jesus' love by calling her "daughter", thus illustrating the true meaning of being God's children, but also the faith of the woman herself. You see, when the lady touched Jesus' clothes, it's not Jesus healing the lady, Jesus is merely assisting the woman in healing herself, but in the end, it's her faith, her strong desire and will that saved her. Just as Jesus said, "your faith has saved you." What He said was literal and not metaphoric, Jesus merely assisted in giving the energy needed for the lady to heal, but in the end, it's her body that did the healing. This shows the importance of will power and unwavering faith. As I am sure, if that woman had no faith, even if Jesus touched her, she would never heal. As such, I believe that is all I have to say for now, have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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