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Verses 21-43 Jesus Raises a
Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
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21When Jesus had again
crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered
around him while he was by the lake.
22Then one of the synagogue
leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus,
he fell at his feet.
23He pleaded earnestly with
him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so
that she will be healed and live.”
24So Jesus went with him. A
large crowd followed and pressed around him.
25And a woman was there who
had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
26She had suffered a great
deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of
getting better she grew worse.
27When she heard about Jesus,
she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
28because she thought, “If I
just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
29Immediately her bleeding
stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
30At once Jesus realized that
power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who
touched my clothes?”
31“You see the people
crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who
touched me?’ ”
32But Jesus kept looking
around to see who had done it.
33Then the woman, knowing
what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet
and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
34He said to her, “Daughter,
your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
35While Jesus was still
speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus,
the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the
teacher anymore?”
36Overhearing what they said,
Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
37He did not let anyone
follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.
38When they came to the home
of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing
loudly.
39He went in and said to them,
“Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
40But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the
disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.
41He took her by the hand and
said to her, “Talitha koum!”
(which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).
42Immediately the girl stood
up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were
completely astonished.
43He gave strict orders not
to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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Concerning Jesus crossing
over the lake back to
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1)
Where was Jesus
after he crossed over by boat back to the other side of the lake?
o
Jesus returned to
2)
What happened
when Jesus returned to
o
A large crowd
gathered around him and so he was by the lake.
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Concerning Jairus’ request for Jesus to heal his daughter,
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3)
Who was Jairus?
o
Jairus was a synagogue leader.
4)
What was the
social status of Jairus?
o
As a synagogue
leader Jairus was a man of means and respect within
the Jewish community.
5)
What did Jairus do when he saw Jesus?
o
Jairus
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Fell at Jesus’
feet.
§
Pleaded with
Jesus earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your
hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”
6)
What did falling
at Jesus’ feet and pleading earnestly with Jesus for help indicate?
o
It indicated
humility and desperation on Jairus’ part since he was
a synagogue leader.
7)
What was Jairus’ belief about Jesus’ ability to heal his daughter?
o
He believed that
Jesus could heal his daughter.
8)
How did Jairus say that Jesus could heal his daughter?
o
Jesus could heal
his daughter by laying his hands on her.
9)
What did Jesus do
upon Jairus’ request?
o
Jesus went with Jairus.
10)
What was the
contrast between the attitude of people toward Jesus on this side of the lake
and the attitude of people on the other side?
o
People on this
side of the lake humbly and earnestly sought Jesus out for help.
o
People on the
other side told Jesus to leave their region.
11)
Did Jesus provide
people on the other side of the lake with the help they needed even though they
did not ask for it, and were the people grateful?
o
Yes, Jesus drove
the Legion out of the demoniac but they were less than grateful.
12)
Did Jesus
commandeer no respect at all on the other side of the lake and why?
o
Jesus
commandeered the respect of
§
The Legion
because the Legion knew Jesus to be Son of the Most High God.
§
The former
demoniac because Jesus drove the Legion out of him.
13)
Who did we see on
the other side of the lake behave similarly toward Jesus as Jairus
did and why?
o
The territorial
spirit on the other side of the lake saw Jesus from a distance,
ran and fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him.
14)
What ethnicity
were people who resided on this side of the lake and what ethnicity were people
who resided on the other side?
o
People who
resided on this side of the lake were Jews.
o
People who
resided on the other side were pagans.
15)
Whom did this
suggest Jesus primarily ministered among?
o
Jesus primarily
ministered among the Jews and not among the pagans.
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Concerning Jesus healing the
woman who was subject to bleeding,
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16)
What was it like
when Jesus made his way to Jairus’ home?
o
A large crowd
followed Jesus and pressed around him.
17)
Who was in the
crowd?
o
A woman was there
who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
18)
What was the woman’s
experience like in trying to get treatment for her bleeding?
o
She had suffered
a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet
instead of getting better she grew worse.
19)
How did the woman
suffer?
o
She suffered
§
From bleeding.
§
Much as a result
of receiving treatment for her bleeding.
20)
How did the woman
try to get cured of her bleeding?
o
She tried many
doctors and had spent all she had.
21)
What was the
outcome for the woman as she sought treatment from many doctors?
o
Her condition grew
worse.
22)
What was the
likely attitude the woman had toward healing?
o
She was likely
rather cynical about healing.
23)
What was the woman’s
experience with Jesus’ ability to heal prior to the current episode?
o
She only heard
about Jesus healing people without witnessing any actual healing by Jesus.
24)
What did the
woman do when she heard about Jesus?
o
She came up
behind Jesus in the crowd and touched his cloak.
25)
What was on the woman’s
mind when she tried to touch Jesus’ cloak?
o
She thought to
herself, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
26)
What made the
woman think that Jesus could heal her?
o
The woman must
have heard of multiple incidents of healing by Jesus that ignited her hope that
Jesus could heal her.
27)
What other
factors were at play to make the woman think that she would be healed if she
just touched Jesus’ clothes?
o
People in ancient
time considered the clothing of a great man to carry power.
28)
What could have
been the woman’s attitude toward healing by Jesus as a result of her bad
experience with doctors?
o
She could have
become cynical about healing that she did not believe that Jesus could heal
her.
29)
What did the
woman do instead?
o
By the sheer
power of faith she dreamed up a cure that
§
Cost her nothing.
§
Caused her no
pain.
§
Finally worked.
30)
What happened
when the woman touched Jesus’ cloak?
o
Immediately her
bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her
suffering.
31)
What did the
immediacy of the woman’s healing suggest to her?
o
The immediacy of
the woman’s healing suggested to her that it was touching Jesus’ clothes that
had healed her.
32)
What did Jesus
realize the moment the woman touched his clothes?
o
At once Jesus realized
that power had gone out from him.
33)
What did Jesus’
realization that power had gone out from him upon the woman touching his
clothes suggest?
o
This suggests
that faith in Jesus can automatically release power from Jesus without his
direct intervention.
34)
What did the
immediacy of power going out from Jesus upon the woman touching his clothes
suggest?
o
This suggests the
efficacy of faith in Jesus for the release of power from Jesus.
35)
What did Jesus do
next?
o
Jesus turned
around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
36)
What did Jesus’
disciples say in reply?
o
“You see the
people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask,
‘Who touched me?’ ”
37)
What was the
disciples’ attitude toward Jesus’ question?
o
They were
incredulous.
38)
What did Jesus do
regardless?
o
Jesus kept
looking around to see who had done it.
39)
What was
initially the woman’s response when Jesus asked the question as to who touched
him?
o
She did not want
to come forward.
40)
What eventually
made the woman come forward?
o
Verse 29 says
that she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
o
It took some time
for the idea that she had indeed been healed to sink in.
o
Once how she felt
turned into what she thought, she came forward as Jesus kept looking around for
her.
41)
What did the
woman do in response to Jesus’ healing her?
o
She came and fell
at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
42)
Why did Jesus
insist on the woman identifying herself from among the crowd?
o
Jesus was
exacting from her a public testimony about the healing.
43)
Why did the woman
fall at Jesus’ feet?
o
She
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Just had a
miraculous encounter with Jesus and
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Was overcome with
fear and emotion.
44)
Whose faith in
the crowd did the woman’s testimony greatly strengthen?
o
Jairus’ faith.
45)
What did Jesus say
to the woman in response?
o
Jesus said to
her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering.”
46)
Did the woman
request Jesus to heal him?
o
No.
47)
Was the woman
healed without Jesus giving his consent?
o
Yes.
48)
How did the woman
receive healing?
o
She received it
by faith in Jesus automatically.
49)
How did the woman’s healing contrast with Jairus’
explicit request for healing her daughter?
o
The woman was
healed without making a request of Jesus.
o
Jairus explicitly asked Jesus to lay hands on his daughter
to heal her.
50)
What did the
contrast suggest to Jairus?
o
It suggested that
§
Jairus did not need to tell Jesus how to heal his daughter.
§
Jesus could do
what he deemed fit.
51)
How had Jairus’ understanding of Jesus progressed at this point?
o
Jairus got to know Jesus better through the healing of the
woman even before his daughter got healed.
52)
What did the
woman learn about health care?
o
The most
expensive care was not necessarily the best care when it did not cure.
o
Care that did not
cure was not necessarily the worst care when there was more expensive care that
did not cure either.
o
Care that was
free and did not cause any pain was not necessarily hopelessly useless since it
could cure after all.
o
The moral of the
healing story is:
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Stop being cynical.
§
Maintain a
positive attitude.
§
Never give up.
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Concerning Jesus healing Jairus’ daughter,
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53)
What happened
while Jesus was speaking with the woman who had just been healed?
o
Some men came
from the house of Jairus and said, “Your daughter is
dead, why bother the teacher any more?”
54)
What did these
men address Jesus as?
o
They addressed
Jesus as teacher.
55)
How did Jairus feel when he heard the woman give her testimony of
how she had received healing by faith?
o
Jairus was encouraged.
56)
What went through
Jairus’ mind when he heard that his daughter had just
died?
o
Jairus was crushed.
57)
Could Jairus’ prior knowledge of Jesus’ healing and even the
current healing episode of the woman sustain Jairus’
faith that Jesus would be able to do something for her deceased daughter?
o
No.
58)
What did Jesus do
at this juncture?
o
Jesus
§
Ignored what the
messengers said.
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Told Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
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Did not let
anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.
59)
How did Jesus’
words sustain Jairus’ faith?
o
Upon hearing
Jesus’ words Jairus
§
Did not heed the
messengers’ advice for him not to bother Jesus any more.
§
Continued to walk
with Jesus toward his own home.
60)
Why did Jesus
allow only Peter, James and John the brother of James to follow him on his way
to Jairus’ home?
o
Peter, James and
John belonged in the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples.
o
Jesus reserved
some of the revelation about himself to his inner circle only.
61)
What did Jesus
find when he came to Jairus’ home?
o
Jesus saw a
commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly.
62)
Who were these people
crying and wailing loudly at Jairus’ home?
o
They were
professional mourners for the occasion when a person just died.
63)
Why were professional
mourners there?
o
The child must
have been in a dire condition, close to being dead, when Jairus
went and looked for Jesus.
64)
What did Jesus
say upon seeing the professional mourners doing their job?
o
Jesus said to
them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
65)
Why did Jesus say
that the child was not dead but asleep?
o
Jesus did not
want the news of his raising the child from the dead to become widely known.
66)
What did Jesus
mean in what he said to the professional mourners?
o
Jesus essentially
told the professional mourners that they had a misunderstanding about the
child’s condition doing what they were doing.
67)
What was the
professional mourners’ response upon hearing Jesus’ remark?
o
They laughed at Jesus.
68)
What did Jesus do
to the professional mourners?
o
Jesus put them
all out.
69)
What did Jesus do
after that?
o
Jesus
§
Took the child’s
father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the
child was.
§
Took the child by
the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means, “Little girl,
I say to you, get up!”).
70)
What language is
‘Talitha koum’?
o
It is Aramaic.
71)
What language did
the Jews in Jesus’ time speak?
o
Aramaic.
72)
What kind of
readers was the gospel of Mark addressed to?
o
The gospel of
Mark was addressed to non-Jewish readers hence the translation in parentheses.
73)
How did the girl
respond to Jesus’ order for her to get up?
o
Immediately the
girl stood up and walked around.
74)
What does the
immediacy of the girl coming back to life upon Jesus’ bidding suggest?
o
This suggests the
efficacy of Jesus’ power in raising the dead.
75)
What are the
other healing episodes where healing is said to be immediate?
o
The healing of
the leper in chapter 1.
o
The healing of
the woman who was subject to bleeding in the current chapter.
76)
Did Jesus heal or
raise the girl in accordance with Jairus’ request for
him to put his hands on her?
o
No.
77)
How old was the
girl?
o
The girl was
twelve years old.
78)
What was people’s
reaction upon seeing the girl walk around?
o
They were
completely astonished.
79)
What did Jesus do
next?
o
Jesus
§
Gave strict
orders not to let anyone know about his raising the girl from the dead.
§
Told them to give
her something to eat.
80)
Why did Jesus give
strict orders not to let anyone know about his raising the girl from the dead?
o
Jesus did not
want the publicity of the miracle to hinder his ministry plan.
81)
What was Jairus’ understanding of Jesus’ ability to heal when he
approached Jesus with the request to heal his dying daughter?
o
Jairus was certain that if Jesus would put his hands on her
daughter before she died, she would be healed.
82)
Looking back, how
did Jairus get to know Jesus better through the
healing of the woman who was subject to bleeding?
o
Jairus realized that
§
Jesus could heal
his daughter without having to put his hands on her.
§
It was faith in
Jesus that ultimately mattered.
83)
How did Jairus get to know Jesus even better after all?
o
At first Jairus asked Jesus to heal his dying daughter.
o
Jesus ended up
raising his deceased daughter from the dead.
84)
What kind of
transformation did Jairus’ faith go through?
o
Jairus
§
Approached Jesus
with the faith that if Jesus would put his hands on his dying daughter, she
would be healed.
§
Heard the
testimony of healing from the woman who was subject to bleeding and his faith
in Jesus was increased.
§
Heard that his
daughter had just died and he was crushed.
§
Heard Jesus’
words for him to not be afraid but just believe and he was encouraged.
§
Saw Jesus raise
his daughter from the dead and his faith in Jesus was totally transformed.
85)
How did Peter, James
and John get to know Jesus better through this episode?
o
This is the first
time they saw Jesus raise a person from the dead.
86)
Who were depicted
as falling at Jesus’ feet so far in the gospel of Mark?
o
The leper who
came to Jesus for physical and emotional healing fell at Jesus’ feet in chapter
1.
o
The demoniac in
the region of the Gerasenes fell at Jesus’ feet in
the current chapter.
o
Jairus who asked Jesus to heal his daughter fell at Jesus’
feet in the current chapter.
o
The woman who had
been subject to bleeding fell at Jesus’ feet in the current chapter.
87)
Did those who
fell at Jesus’ feet come to a better understanding of who Jesus was and why?
o
The leper was
healed not only physically but also emotionally because he was accepted by
Jesus socially while he still had leprosy.
o
The former
demoniac not only encountered Jesus who drove the Legion out of him but also
got to know Jesus as the Son of the Most High God through the words of the
Legion.
o
The woman who was
subject to bleeding progressed from hearing about Jesus’ healing to
experiencing it through faith in him.
o
Jairus got to know Jesus who not only could heal by any
means but also raise the dead.
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Verses 21-43 Jesus Raises a
Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
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