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The Story
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Waiting for Jesus. When Jesus came back across the lake, “the multitude welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him” (8:40). People came to Jesus because they needed Him.
An important man. Jairus “was a ruler of the synagogue” (8:41). A synagogue was a meeting place where Jewish people gathered to pray and hear God's Word read. The ruler was in charge of the meetings.
On his knees. Jairus “fell down at Jesus’ feet” (8:41). He was a leader, but he did not come to Jesus as a leader. He came as a dad who needed help. Nobody is too important to need Jesus.
An only daughter. “He had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying” (8:42). She was his only child. God knows what it means to love an only child: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16).
A prayer with faith. Mark tells us what Jairus asked: “Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live” (Mark 5:23). He believed Jesus could make her well.
Jesus went. “So Jesus went with him” (Mark 5:24). Jesus did not tell Jairus to wait or to come back another day. He went with him through the crowd.
What this means for you. You can bring every worry to Jesus, big or small. Tell Him about the people you love. “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
The crowd was waiting (8:40). Jesus had just crossed back over the lake from the country of the Gadarenes, where He had set a man free from many demons (8:26-39). On this side of the lake, a crowd was already waiting for Him.
Jairus (8:41). Luke calls him “a ruler of the synagogue.” A synagogue was a local meeting place where Jewish families gathered on the Sabbath to pray, read the Scriptures and hear them explained. The ruler arranged the meetings and invited people to read and teach. Jairus was most likely one of the most respected men in his town.
Humbled by need. “He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged Him to come to his house” (8:41). People fell at someone's feet before a king or in worship. Mark says he “begged Him earnestly” (Mark 5:23). Need had brought a proud position low, and that is a good place to meet Jesus. “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6).
An only daughter (8:42). The Greek word Luke uses for only is monogenēs (say: mon-oh-geh-NAYS), one of a kind, the only one. John uses the same word for Jesus: “He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16). The Father knows what it is to love an only child, and He gave His Son for us.
Faith in the request. “Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live” (Mark 5:23). Jairus did more than hope. He expected that one touch from Jesus would bring healing and life.
Pressed on every side. “But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him” (8:42). Thronged means crowded so tightly that it was hard to move. Every step toward Jairus' house was through a crush of people.
Application. Jairus shows us how to come to Jesus: honestly, humbly and with our real need, whoever we are. Bring Him the worry that scares you most. He is never too busy to come with you.
Jairus was a leader at the synagogue. His job was to lead the meetings there. But Jairus fell down at Jesus' feet. His little girl was dying, and he needed Jesus. Nobody is too important to need Jesus. Jairus begged Jesus to come to his house. He asked Jesus to put His hands on her. He believed Jesus could make her well. Jesus did not send him away. Jesus went with him. Praying is telling Jesus what we need, like Jairus did. Jesus cares about our families. He cares about every worry we have.
Jairus was an important man. But he bowed down to Jesus. He asked Jesus for help. Jesus went with him.
👨👩👧 Parent Prompt
What is something you can ask Jesus to help with?
Twelve long years. The woman had “a flow of blood for twelve years” (8:43). Her body had been bleeding all that time, and nothing could stop it.
Nothing worked. She “had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any” (8:43). Mark adds that she “was no better, but rather grew worse” (Mark 5:26). People could not fix her problem.
Faith that reached out. She said to herself, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well” (Mark 5:28). She “came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped” (8:44).
Who touched Me? Jesus stopped. Peter said the crowds were pressing on every side (8:45). But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me” (8:46). Many people bumped into Jesus that day. Only one reached out to Him in faith.
Called forward. She came “trembling” and told everyone why she had touched Him and how she was healed (8:47). Jesus did not scold her. He wanted to give her more than a healed body.
Daughter. He said, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace” (8:48). Her faith did not have power by itself. It was trust in Jesus, and Jesus has the power.
What this means for you. Being sick does not mean God is angry with you. When the disciples asked whose sin made a man blind, Jesus said, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned” (John 9:3). Jesus still cares when we are sick, and we can always pray to Him.
Her trouble (8:43). Her illness was a flow of blood that would not stop. Under the law of Moses, this kind of bleeding made a woman unclean for as long as it lasted (Leviticus 15:25). For twelve years she was most likely kept from worship at the Temple.
Every human answer failed. Luke, who was a doctor himself (Colossians 4:14), says she “could not be healed by any.” Mark adds that she “had suffered many things from many physicians” and “grew worse” (Mark 5:26).
Power went out (8:46). Jesus said, “I perceived power going out from Me.” That power was real strength to act. The power that healed her was not in a piece of cloth. It belonged to God the Son, and He knew the moment it went out.
Near is not the same as trusting. Peter said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You” (8:45). Many people were close to Jesus. One reached out to Him in faith. Being near Jesus is not the same as trusting Him.
Out into the open (8:47). When she saw “that she was not hidden,” she came trembling and “declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him.” Jesus called her forward so that everyone would hear she was healed, and so that she would hear His word to her.
Made well (8:48). “Your faith has made you well.” The Greek verb is sōzō (say: SOH-zoh), which means to rescue, to heal or to save. Jesus healed her body and spoke peace over her whole life. He called her Daughter, a word of family love.
Faith is not magic. Faith has no power in itself. It is trust that reaches out to Jesus, and Jesus has the power. That is why a small, trembling faith in a great Savior is enough.
Sickness and God's love. Being sick does not mean God is angry with you. Jesus said of a man born blind, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him” (John 9:3). Jesus still hears every prayer for the sick. Sometimes He heals right away, and He is always good and always near.
This woman had been sick for twelve long years. She tried many doctors and spent all her money. But she believed Jesus could help her. She told herself that even touching His coat would heal her. She reached out and touched Jesus' coat. Her bleeding stopped at once! Jesus knew that power had gone out from Him. His coat did not heal her. Jesus healed her. Jesus stopped and found her in the crowd. He did not scold her. He called her “Dear woman” and gave her peace. Being sick does not mean God is angry with you. Jesus loves people who are sick. We can always pray to Him for help.
A woman was sick for a long time. She trusted Jesus. She touched His coat, and she was well. Jesus was kind and gave her peace.
👨👩👧 Parent Prompt
Why did Jesus stop to talk with the woman?
Still speaking. “While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house” (8:49). Jesus had stopped for the woman, and now the worst news came.
Too late? The messenger said, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher” (8:49). He thought there was nothing more Jesus could do. Death seemed to have the last word.
Jesus answered first. “But when Jesus heard it, He answered him” (8:50). Mark says it was “As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken” (Mark 5:36). Jesus did not leave Jairus alone with that news for even a moment.
Do not be afraid. Jesus said, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well” (8:50). Fear looks at the bad news. Faith looks at Jesus.
Only believe. Jairus could not fix this. All he could do was trust Jesus. Faith is not trying hard to make something happen. It is trusting the One who can.
A promise to hold. Jesus promised, “she will be made well.” Jairus walked the rest of the way home beside Jesus, holding on to His promise.
What this means for you. Everyone feels afraid sometimes. When you do, tell Jesus and trust His promises. “Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You” (Psalm 56:3).
The delay (8:49). Jesus had stopped to find the woman and speak with her. “While He was still speaking,” a messenger arrived. To Jairus, that stop may have seemed to cost his daughter her life.
Do not trouble the Teacher. The message was, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.” In other words, there was no point in Jesus coming any more. The messenger trusted Jesus to heal the sick, but he did not expect Him to raise the dead.
Jesus heard (Mark 5:36). Jesus heard the report, but He would not let it have the last word. He spoke to Jairus before fear could take over.
Two commands (8:50). “Do not be afraid; only believe.” In Mark 5:36 the verbs mean keep on: stop being afraid, and keep on believing. Jairus had come with faith (Mark 5:23). Now he was called to keep trusting when everything looked lost.
A promise, not a feeling. Jesus added, “and she will be made well.” Luke uses the same verb, sōzō, that Jesus had just used for the woman (8:48). The healed woman standing there was living proof that Jesus keeps His word.
Fear and faith. Psalm 56:3 says it simply: “Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.” Fear is a feeling. Trust is a choice to lean on God while the feeling is still there. Isaiah 41:10 gives the reason: “Fear not, for I am with you.”
Application. Think of the news that frightens you most: a sick grandparent, trouble at home or something you saw on the news. Bring it to Jesus, and choose to keep believing His promises while you wait for His answer.
Jesus stopped to help the woman. While He was still talking, a man came from Jairus' house. The man said that Jairus' little girl had died. He told Jairus not to bother the teacher anymore. But Jesus heard it too. He spoke to Jairus right away. Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid. Just believe, and your daughter will be well.” Jesus did not want Jairus to look at the bad news. He wanted Jairus to look at Him. Jairus could not fix this, but he could trust Jesus. Jesus was not too late. When we are afraid, we can trust Him too. The Bible says, “Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.”
Then sad news came. Jairus' little girl had died. Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid.” Jesus asks us to trust Him.
👨👩👧 Parent Prompt
What can you tell Jesus when you feel afraid?
Only a few. Jesus let no one go in “except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl” (8:51). Mark says He put all the others outside (Mark 5:40). Jesus kept this moment quiet and gentle for the family.
Do not weep. Everyone was weeping and mourning. Jesus said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping” (8:52). For Jesus, waking her from death would be as easy as waking a child from sleep.
They laughed. “And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead” (8:53). The girl had really died. That is why what Jesus did next was a true miracle.
Her hand in His. Jesus “took her by the hand and called, saying, ‘Little girl, arise’” (8:54). He spoke to her the way a loving parent wakes a child.
Life came back. “Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately” (8:55). Mark adds that she got up and walked (Mark 5:42).
Something to eat. Jesus “commanded that she be given something to eat” (8:55). The Lord of life also cared that a hungry girl had a meal.
Astonished. “Her parents were astonished” (8:56). Jesus told them to tell no one what had happened. He was not looking for fame.
What this means for you. Jesus has power over death. Later He would die on the cross and rise again, and He promises life forever to everyone who trusts Him.
Three witnesses (8:51). Peter, James and John went in with the parents. The same three later saw Jesus' glory on the mountain (Luke 9:28) and were near Him in Gethsemane (Mark 14:33). Jesus was preparing the men who would lead His church.
Mourners (8:52). Matthew mentions “the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing” (Matthew 9:23). In that culture, mourning began quickly and loudly, and families often hired flute players to lead it.
Not dead, but sleeping. Jesus did not mean she was only unconscious. Luke says they ridiculed Him “knowing that she was dead” (8:53), and that “her spirit returned” (8:55). She had truly died. Jesus called it sleep because her death was about to be undone as easily as a child wakes up.
Talitha, cumi. Mark keeps Jesus' own Aramaic words: “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise” (Mark 5:41). Aramaic was the everyday language of Jesus' home. Talitha (say: tah-LEE-thah) is a tender word for a little girl, and cumi (say: KOO-mee) means get up.
Life returned (8:55). “Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately.” Her life came back at Jesus' word. Mark adds that “the girl arose and walked” (Mark 5:42).
Ordinary care. Jesus “commanded that she be given something to eat.” The One who had just overcome death also thought about a hungry child. His power and His tenderness go together.
Tell no one (8:56). Jesus “charged them to tell no one what had happened.” Crowds already pressed Him for miracles (8:42). He had come to do far more than heal. Soon He would tell His disciples that He must suffer, die and be raised (Luke 9:22).
A preview. Raising this girl was a preview of a greater victory. Jesus Himself would die and rise again, never to die again. Because He lives, everyone who belongs to Him will one day rise too.
Jesus took only a few people into the house. Peter, James and John came in with Him. The girl's mom and dad came too. Jesus told the crying people that she was only sleeping. They laughed at Jesus. But Jesus is stronger than death. He took the girl by the hand. He said, “My child, stand up!” Right away, she got up! Jesus told them to give her some food. Jesus cares about our everyday needs too. Her parents were amazed. One day Jesus Himself would die and rise again. Because He lives, everyone who trusts Him will live with Him forever.
Jesus took the girl's hand. He said, “My child, stand up!” She stood up, alive and well! Jesus is stronger than death.
👨👩👧 Parent Prompt
What does this story show us about Jesus?
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The Gospel Connection
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The problem. The woman spent everything she had and only grew worse. Our sin is like that. We cannot fix it on our own, and it leads to death. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
Our efforts fail. Trying harder, being good and going to church are good things, but they cannot take sin away. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
Jesus, the Savior. The power that healed the woman and raised the girl came from Jesus Himself. He is the Son of God, and He never sinned. Nobody else could do what He did. He is the only One who can save us from sin.
The cross and the empty tomb. Jesus took the punishment for our sin on the cross. “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities” (Isaiah 53:5). On the third day He rose from the dead, and death could not hold Him.
The response. Reach out to Jesus in faith, the way the woman did. “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). Then you have peace with God: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
A picture of our condition. For twelve years the woman “could not be healed by any” (8:43), and Mark says she “grew worse” (Mark 5:26). The Bible describes sin the same way: a problem no human cure can touch. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Her sickness was not her sin, but her helplessness is a true picture of ours.
Human cures fail. She spent “all her livelihood” trying. People still try to cure sin with good deeds, religious effort or simply trying harder. Good deeds cannot pay for the past or change the heart. God's answer is different: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
The One with the power. Power went out from Jesus to heal (8:46), and His word called a girl back from death (8:54-55). He did not borrow that power from someone else. It was His own, because He is the eternal Son of God, who “Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24).
Death undone. Jesus called the girl's death sleep because He was about to reverse it. At the cross He went into death Himself for us, and on the third day He rose: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). His resurrection means death will not have the last word for those who are His.
Faith that reaches out. The woman was healed when she reached out to Jesus, trembling but trusting. Salvation comes the same way: not by touching a robe, but by trusting the Savior. “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). You do not need a strong faith or a perfect life to come. You need to come to Him, trembling or not, and trust what He has done. Then, like her, you can go in peace.
The woman tried doctor after doctor. She spent all her money, but she only got worse. Our biggest problem is like that. We all sin, and we cannot fix it ourselves.
Being good does not wash sin away. Trying harder does not work either. Sin leads to death, and we need a Savior.
Jesus is that Savior. He never sinned, not even once. He has power over sickness and over death.
Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment for our sins. On the third day, He rose from the dead! Now He is alive forever.
Like the woman, we can reach out to Jesus. When we trust Him, He forgives us. He calls us His children and gives us peace. Jesus took the girl by the hand. He holds on to us too.
We all do wrong things. That is called sin.
We cannot fix our sin by ourselves.
Jesus never did anything wrong.
He died on the cross for our sins.
Then He rose from the dead!
Jesus gives new life to everyone who trusts Him.
👨👩👧 Parent Prompt
Who is stronger than sin and death?
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“Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.”
— Luke 8:50b (NKJV)
💡 What This Verse Means
Jesus spoke these words to Jairus right after the sad news came. “Do not be afraid”: Jesus knew Jairus was scared, and He spoke to him at once. “Only believe”: Jairus could not fix this himself. All he could do was trust Jesus. To believe means to trust Jesus and take Him at His word. “And she will be made well”: this was a promise. Jairus walked the rest of the way home beside Jesus, holding on to His promise, and Jesus kept it. Jesus says the same thing to us when we are afraid. He does not promise that bad things will never happen. He tells us to keep trusting Him, because He is with us and He keeps His promises. When you feel scared at night, at school or at the doctor's office, say this verse and tell Jesus that you trust Him, even while you are scared. Remember who said it: the One who raised a little girl and then rose from the dead Himself.
Luke 8:50 comes at the darkest point of the story. A messenger had just said, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.” Jesus answered with two commands and a promise. “Do not be afraid”: in Mark 5:36 the verb means stop being afraid, do not let fear take over. “Only believe”: the word only matters. Jairus had nothing left to add, no plan and no money that could help. Faith was all he could bring, and faith is enough because of the One it trusts. “And she will be made well”: the verb is sōzō again, the same word Jesus had just used for the woman (8:48). Her healing, moments earlier, was living proof that Jesus keeps His word. Jairus walked the rest of the way home beside Jesus, holding on to that promise. Jesus does not promise that life will be easy. He promises Himself: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God” (Isaiah 41:10). Memorize the verse in three parts: what to stop (fear), what to keep doing (believe) and what Jesus promised. Then use it the next time bad news comes, and pray it for someone you love.
Jesus said this to Jairus after very sad news came. He told Jairus not to be afraid. He told him to believe, which means to trust Jesus. Then Jesus promised that the girl would be made well. Jairus could not make her well, but Jesus could! When you feel scared, you can say this verse. Jesus does not always make someone well right away. But He is always with you, and He is always good.
Jesus said, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” He wants us to trust Him. Jesus is always with you. He is always good.
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