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.
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter, х thugatrion (G2365)]. Luke (Luke 8:42) says, "He had one only daughter, about twelve years of age." According to a well-known rabbi, quoted by Lightfoot, a daughter, until she had completed her 12th year, was called 'little,' or 'a little maid;' after that, 'a young woman.'
Lieth at the point of death. Matthew gives it thus: "My daughter is even now dead" х arti (G737) eteleuteesen (G5053)] - 'has just expired.' The news of her death reached the father after the cure of the woman with the issue of blood; but Matthew's brief account gives only the result, as in the case of the centurion's servant, (Matthew 8:5, etc.)
Come and lay thy hands on her that she may be healed; and she shall live х zeesetai (G2198)] or Come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live, х zeesetai (G2198)] - or, 'that she may be healed and live' х zeesee (G2198)], according to a fully preferable reading. In one of the class to which this man belonged, so steeped in prejudice, such faith would imply more than in others.