Mark 5:22-24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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Mark 5:22-24

The case of the ruler may be treated as showing the instructive-ness of domestic affliction.

I. It shows the helplessness even of the greatestmen the applicant was a ruler, yet his rulership was of no avail in this case.

II. It shows the helplessness even of the kindestmen the applicant was a father, yet all his yearning affection was unable to suggest a remedy for his afflicted child.

III. It shows the need of Christ in every life.

Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 93.

References: Mark 5:22-43. W. Hanna, Our Lord's Life on Earth,p. 169. Mark 5:24. H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit,vol. iv., p. 161.Mark 5:24-34. Ibid., Plymouth Pulpit Sermons,10th series, p. 425.

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Mark 5:22-24

22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.