Mark wrote how Jesus was on the way to Jairus' house because his daughter was dying. Along the way a woman with an issue of blood came behind Jesus and was determined to be healed if she only touched His clothes. She was healed and Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be whole of your plague.” Mark went on to write, “While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble you the Master any further?As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly”, and in chapter five and verse thirty-nine of his book, Mark wrote how Jesus asked, “why make you this ado, and weep?” where we read:
And when he was come in, he said unto them, Why make you this ado, and weep?
the damsel is not dead, but sleeps.
The verse reads, “And when he was come in, he said unto them, Why make you this ado, and weep?” Mark began with the words, “and when” or “and at the time and moment” “he was come in” which means “Jesus entered and came forth into Jairus' house”, “he said unto them” or “Jesus uttered, declared, proclaimed and questioned toward the people who were making the tumult, wailing and crying”, “why make you this ado” which means “for what reason and cause do you produce and provide this noise, uproar, disturbance, trouble and confusion”, “and weep” or “and crying, mourning, lamenting and bewailing”? Mark shared how Jesus asked all the people causing the “tumult” why they were making all this confusion, disturbance and uproar.
The verse goes on to say, “the damsel is not dead, but sleeps.” Mark continued with the words, “the damsel” which means “the young little girl” “is not dead” or “is not perished, slain or lifeless”, “but sleeps” which means “nevertheless, moreover and the girl has dropped off to sleep”. Mark shared how Jesus told the people who were “wailing” the girl was simply “sleeping” and not “dead” as they supposed.
When we think through Mark's words in this verse, we see a difference between the way Jesus saw this girl's state versus the way the people saw her. They deemed her to be “lifeless and without breath”, and Jesus saw her and simply “sleeping”. Perspective is of utmost importance in this situation, and because Jesus was able to see things from an “eternal” perspective, He saw the “damsel” as “asleep”. God sees all of time in one glance, and when situations seem dire, He has a different estimation and solution. God's desire is to “save” every person from “sin's” penalty which is “death”. Those who believe and trust in His Son Jesus shall be forgiven for their sins and eternal death promised to them shall be replaced with “everlasting life”.
Next time Mark shares how the people in the house, “laughed him to scorn”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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