Mark 5:23

23 and implored Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and ¹lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live."

Mark 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:23

And besought him greatly
Used much importunity with him, and was very urgent in his requests:

saying, my little daughter lieth at the point of death,
or "is in the last extremity"; just breathing out her last; for she was not actually dead when he left her, though she was before he returned, and was at this time, as he might expect, expiring, or really gone; (See Gill on Matthew 9:18).

[I pray thee] come and lay thine hands on her, that she may be
healed, and she shall live;
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.

Mark 5:23 In-Context

21 When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

22 One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and on seeing Him, fell at His feet

23 and implored Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live."

24 And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

25 A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

Cross References

• 1. Mark 6:5; Mark 7:32; Mark 8:23; Mark 16:18; Luke 4:40; Luke 13:13; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:17; Acts 28:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "be saved"