Mark 5:23

23 and kept begging Him, "My little daughter is at death's door.^[a] Come and lay Your hands on her so she can 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 by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.

22 One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet

23 and kept begging Him, "My little daughter is at death's door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live."

24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.

25 A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit My little daughter has it finally; to be at the end of life