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Mark 5:35
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Messengers from Jairus arrive while Jesus is still speaking to the healed woman and report that Jairus's daughter has died, asking why Jesus should continue bothering the Teacher.
The words — The Greek ἔτι (eti) literally means "still," marking the precise moment the interruption occurs. The phrase ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου (apo tou archisynagōgou) identifies the senders as originating directly from the ruler of the synagogue's house.
The thread — This event parallels Luke 8:49, which records the identical arrival of a messenger from the synagogue leader's house, and echoes John 11:39, where a similar report of a dead relative precedes a divine intervention.
Why it lands — The text places Jesus at the exact point where human assessment declares a situation hopeless and demands He stop. It requires the reader to observe how faith must be recalibrated when circumstances contradict prior expectations.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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?
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.”
- 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.”
- Mark 5:22 A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
- 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?”
- Luke 7:6 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.
- 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.
- John 11:28 After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
- 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.’”
- John 11:21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.