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.