While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. A certain ruler. [4] Lit. a prince of a synagogue. He is called Jairus. Mark 5. Luke 8.—My daughter is just now dead: or, as the other evangelists express it, is at the point of death; and her father having left her dying, he might think and say she was already dead. Witham.—In effect, news was shortly after brought him that she was dead. It is thus that some commentators explain the apparent difference found in Mark 5:22, and Luke 8:41.—But come, lay thy hand, and so forth Let us admire and imitate the humility and kindness of our Redeemer; no sooner had he heard the request of the ruler, but rising up, he followed him. Though, says S. Chrysostom, he saw his earthly disposition, requesting him to come and lay his hand upon her.