And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
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Gill's Exposition
For he had one only daughter,.... And so exceedingly dear to him:
about twelve years of age; See Gill on Mat 9:18.
And she lay a dying, or "was near death", as the Syriac and Persic versions; or…
Adam Clarke
A man named Jairus - See these two miracles - the raising of Jairus's daughter, and the cure of the afflicted woman - considered and explained at large, on Mat 9:18-26 (note), and Mark 5:22-43 (note).
Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans, they gladly received him, wished and…
Cambridge Bible
41-56. The Daughter of Jairus and the Woman with the issue of Blood.
41. behold St Matthew places this message of Jairus after the farewell feast which he gave to his friends before abandoning for…
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