The Miracles Of Jesus (Pt 4) Series

Today, we are in part 4 of a multi-part series on the miracles and parables of Jesus.

We are taking a look at the miracles in chronological order, with the purpose of:

Types of miracles

Who was present

Purpose of the miracles

Which gospels recorded unique miracles

Which gospel had most miracle

Which gospel fewest

Which miracle recorded in all 4 gospels

Which gospel had most of each type of miracles

Obviously, these points are being woven in, as the series progresses.

So far, we have looked at 14 miracles.

Today, we will examine 5 more, beginning with the raising of Jairus’ daughter.

This is found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

We’ll begin in Matthew’s recording of this miracle beginning in v18 of the 9th chapter.

Matthew 9:18 “While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.””

These things- just so you’re not left hanging, the “these things” that Matthew writes, is Jesus explaining a question about fasting.

For me, I love to read all the gospel accounts of any of Jesus’ sayings, or events, because they fill in the blanks. Each writer has his point of emphasis, so it doesn’t do justice to cover only one.

Having said that, I want to encourage you to read all three accounts of this miracle:

Matthew 9:18,23-26 / Mark 5:21-24, 35-43 / Luke 8 40-42, 49-56/

So, when looking at Matthew, there’s this gap this is filled with verses 19-22- it is the healing of the woman with the blood issue.

Then, verse 23 goes back to the miracle at hand.

Matthew 9:23–26 “When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, He said to them, “Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. And the report of this went out into all that land.”

Mark 5:35–43 “While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” (ta-LEE-ta que-ME) which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement”.

Mark 5:43 “But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.”

Talitha cumi- I believe, this is one of only 5 times the Aramaic is used instead of the Greek translation.

Let’s look at Luke.

Luke 8:49–54 “While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.” But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead. But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.””

Luke 8:55–56 “Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.”

You see, it’s difficult to get a robust feel of what happened, without reading all the gospel versions.

In Matthews gospel, we are told the girl has already died.

In Mark and Luke’s gospel, she died while the father went to ask Jesus to come heal her.

Either way, by the time Jesus gets to her, the young girl is dead.