Mark 5:35

Death and loss Grief

³³ Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.

³⁴ “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”

While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”

³⁶ But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

³⁷ And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
KJV: While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
WEB: While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”
ASV: While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue`s [house] saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further?
DARBY: While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's [house], saying, Thy daughter has died, why troublest thou the teacher any further?
BLB: [In] His still speaking, they come from the synagogue ruler, saying, “Your daughter died; why do you still trouble the Teacher?”

ÅB: Mens han enda talte, kom det folk fra synagoge-forstanderen og sa: Din datter er død; hvorfor umaker du mesteren lenger?
OTB: Mens Jesus ennå talte, kom noen fra huset til Jairus, synagogeforstanderen. «Din datter er død,» sa de. «Hvorfor bry deg med Mesteren lenger?»
B1930: Mens han ennu talte, kom det folk fra synagoge-forstanderen og sa: Din datter er død; hvorfor umaker du mesteren lenger?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 8:49
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
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John 11:39
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
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Mark 10:17
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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Luke 7:6–7
So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.
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John 5:25
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
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Mark 5:22
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
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John 11:32
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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Matthew 26:18
He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
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