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Complete Jewish Bible

Mark 5:22

There came to him a synagogue official, Ya'ir by name, who fell at his feet

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jairus;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Salutations;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - At His Feet;   Awe;   Christ;   Feet;   Humility;   Humility-Pride;   Jairus;   Reverence;   Reverence-Irreverence;   Reverenced, Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feet, the;   Synagogues;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Synagogue;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jairus;   Synagogue;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jairus;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jairus;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adoration;   Jairus;   Synagogue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children;   Dominion (2);   Feet (2);   Gestures;   Home (2);   Jairus;   Lazarus;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Name (2);   Repose;   Ruler (2);   Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jairus ;   Miracles;   Synagogue;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gadarenes;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jairus;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'irus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Attitudes;   Capernaum;   Magistrate;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Ruler;   Synagogue;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Attitudes;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet
King James Version (1611)
And behold, there commeth one of the Rulers of the Synagogue, Iairus by name, and when he saw him, he fell at his feete,
King James Version
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
English Standard Version
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet
New American Standard Bible
And one of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came, and upon seeing Him, fell at His feet
New Century Version
A leader of the synagogue, named Jairus, came there, saw Jesus, and fell at his feet.
Amplified Bible
One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up; and seeing Him, fell at His feet
New American Standard Bible (1995)
One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and on seeing Him, fell at His feet
Legacy Standard Bible
And one of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet
Berean Standard Bible
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
Contemporary English Version
The person in charge of the Jewish meeting place was also there. His name was Jairus, and when he saw Jesus, he went over to him. He knelt at Jesus' feet
Darby Translation
And [behold] there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;
Easy-to-Read Version
A leader of the synagogue came. His name was Jairus. He saw Jesus and bowed down before him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe him, he fell downe at his feete,
George Lamsa Translation
And there came one of the leaders of the synagogue, whose name was Jairus; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
Good News Translation
Jairus, an official of the local synagogue, arrived, and when he saw Jesus, he threw himself down at his feet
Lexham English Bible
And one of the rulers of the synagogue came—Jairus by name—and when he saw him, he fell down at his feet.
Literal Translation
And, behold, one of the synagogue rulers named Jairus came. And seeing Him, he fell at His feet.
American Standard Version
And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he falleth at his feet,
Bible in Basic English
And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ya'ir by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
International Standard Version
Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus,him
">[fn] he fell at his feetMatthew 9:18; Luke 8:41;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And there came one whose name was Jorosh, one of the masters of the synagogue; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
Murdock Translation
And one of the rulers of the synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came, and, on seeing him, fell at his feet,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe hym, he fell downe at his feete,
English Revised Version
And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he falleth at his feet,
World English Bible
Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, falleth at his feet.
Weymouth's New Testament
when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And oon of the princis of synagogis, bi name Jayrus, cam, and siy hym, and felde doun at hise feet,
Update Bible Version
And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he falls at his feet,
Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
New English Translation
Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
New King James Version
And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet
New Living Translation
Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet,
New Life Bible
Jairus was one of the leaders of the Jewish place of worship. As Jairus came to Jesus, he got down at His feet.
New Revised Standard
Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there cometh one of the synagogue-rulers, by name Jairus, and, seeing him, falleth at his feet,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus: and seeing him, falleth down at his feet.
Revised Standard Version
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And beholde ther came one of the rulers of ye Synagoge whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe him he fell doune at his fete
Young's Literal Translation
and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the synagoge, whose name was Iairus. And whan he sawe him, he fell downe at his fete,
Mace New Testament (1729)
when one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and as soon as he saw him, fell at his feet,
Simplified Cowboy Version
All of a sudden, one of the local church leaders named Jairus came up, and when he caught sight of Jesus, he fell at his feet.

Contextual Overview

21 Yeshua crossed in the boat to the other side of the lake, and a great crowd gathered around him. 22 There came to him a synagogue official, Ya'ir by name, who fell at his feet 23 and pleaded desperately with him, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please! Come and lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and live!" 24 He went with him; and a large crowd followed, pressing all around him. 25 Among them was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years 26 and had suffered a great deal under many physicians. She had spent her life savings; yet instead of improving, she had grown worse. 27 She had heard about Yeshua, so she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe; 28 for she said, "If I touch even his clothes, I will be healed." 29 Instantly the hemorrhaging stopped, and she felt in her body that she had been healed from the disease. 30 At the same time, Yeshua, aware that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Matthew 9:18, Matthew 9:19, Luke 8:41, Luke 8:42

rulers: Luke 13:14, Acts 13:15, Acts 18:8, Acts 18:17

he fell: Mark 5:33, Matthew 2:11, Luke 5:8, Luke 8:28, Acts 10:25, Acts 10:26, Revelation 22:8

Reciprocal: Matthew 17:15 - have Mark 7:25 - at Revelation 19:10 - I fell

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
In all, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:6
Shet lived 105 years and fathered Enosh.
Genesis 5:24
Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.
Genesis 6:9
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God.
Genesis 17:1
When Avram was 99 years old Adonai appeared to Avram and said to him, "I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Walk in my presence and be pure-hearted.
Genesis 24:40
Avraham answered me, ‘ Adonai , in whose presence I live, will send his angel with you to make your trip successful; and you are to pick a wife for my son from my kinsmen in my father's house;
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Yosef: "The God in whose presence my fathers Avraham and Yitz'chak lived, the God who has been my own shepherd all my life long to this day,
Exodus 16:4
Adonai said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you. The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will test whether they will observe my Torah or not.
Leviticus 26:12
but I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
Deuteronomy 5:33
(A: iv, S: iii) Then Moshe called to all Isra'el and said to them, "Listen, Isra'el, to the laws and rulings which I am announcing in your hearing today, so that you will learn them and take care to obey them. Adonai our God made a covenant with us at Horev. Adonai did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us — with us, who are all of us here alive today. Adonai spoke with you face to face from the fire on the mountain. At that time I stood between Adonai and you in order to tell you what Adonai was saying; because, on account of the fire, you were afraid and wouldn't go up onto the mountain. He said, א "‘I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves. ב "‘You are to have no other gods before me. You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline — you are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents, also the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot. ג "‘You are not to misuse the name of Adonai your God, because Adonai will not leave unpunished someone who misuses his name. ד "‘Observe the day of Shabbat, to set it apart as holy, as Adonai your God ordered you to do. You have six days to labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Shabbat for Adonai your God. On it you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property — so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do. You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Adonai your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore Adonai your God has ordered you to keep the day of Shabbat. ה "‘Honor your father and mother, as Adonai your God ordered you to do, so that you will live long and have things go well with you in the land Adonai your God is giving you. ו "‘Do not murder. ז "‘Do not commit adultery. ח "‘Do not steal. ט "‘Do not give false evidence against your neighbor. י "‘Do not covet your neighbor's wife; do not covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' (A: v, S: iv) "These words Adonai spoke to your entire gathering at the mountain from fire, cloud and thick mist, in a loud voice; then it ceased. But he wrote them on two stone tablets, which he gave to me. When you heard the voice coming out of the darkness, as the mountain blazed with fire, you came to me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders, and said, ‘Here, Adonai our God has shown us his glory and his greatness! We have heard his voice coming from the fire, and we have seen today that God does speak with human beings, and they stay alive. But why should we keep risking death? This great fire will consume us! If we hear the voice of Adonai our God any more, we will die! For who is there of all humanity that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and stayed alive? You, go near; and hear everything Adonai our God says. Then you will tell us everything Adonai our God says to you; and we will listen to it and do it.' " Adonai heard what you were saying when you spoke to me, and Adonai said to me, ‘I have heard what this people has said when speaking to you, and everything they have said is good. Oh, how I wish their hearts would stay like this always, that they would fear me and obey all my mitzvot; so that it would go well with them and their children forever. Go, tell them to return to their tents. But you, stand here by me; and I will tell you all the mitzvot, laws and rulings which you are to teach them, so that they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.' "Therefore you are to be careful to do as Adonai your God has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left. You are to follow the entire way which Adonai your God has ordered you; so that you will live, things will go well with you, and you will live long in the land you are about to possess.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,.... Having heard of his return, and where he was;

:-.

Jairus by name; in Hebrew יאיר, "Jair": and Jerom says n, it signifies "enlightening", or "enlightened": deriving it from

אור, "to be light": and it is no doubt a Jewish name, since he was a ruler of the synagogue; and besides, it is often mentioned in the Old Testament, and particularly in Esther 2:5, where, in the Septuagint, it is read, Ιαιρος, Jairus. Matthew makes no mention of his name; but both Mark and Luke do, Mark 5:22.

And when he saw him, he fell at his feet: as soon as he came into his presence; though he was a person of such authority; yet having heard much of the doctrine and miracles of Christ, and believing him to be a great prophet, and man of God; though he might not know that he was the Messiah, and truly God, threw himself at his feet; and, as Matthew says, "worshipped him", Matthew 9:18; showed great reverence and respect unto him, gave him homage, at least in a civil way, though he might not adore him as God.

n De Hebr. Nominibus in Luc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26.

Mark 5:23

Lieth at the point of death - Is dying; in the last agonies.

Mark 5:26

Had suffered many things - Had resorted to many things painful, by the direction of the physicians, in order to be healed.

Mark 5:27

Came in the press behind - In the crowd that pressed upon him. This was done to avoid being noticed. It was an act of faith. She was full of confidence that Jesus was able to heal, but she trembled on account of her conscious unworthiness, thus illustrating the humility and confidence of a sinner coming to God for pardon and life.

Mark 5:30

Virtue had gone out of him - Power to heal. The word in the original means power.

Who touched my clothes? - This be said, not to obtain information, for he had healed her, and must have known on whom the blessing was conferred; but he did it that the woman might herself make a confession of the whole matter, so that the power of her faith and the greatness of the miracle might be manifested to the praise of God.

Mark 5:34

Daughter - A word of kindness, tending to inspire confidence and to dissipate her fears.

Be whole - That is, continue to be whole, for she was already cured.

Of thy plague - Thy disease; literally, thy “scourge.” So a word from Jesus heals the moral malady of the sinner.

Mark 5:35, Mark 5:36

Why troublest thou ... - It seems that the people had not yet confidence that Jesus could raise the dead. He had not yet done it; and as the child was now dead, and as they supposed that his power over her was at an end, they wished no farther to trouble him. Jesus kindly set the fears of the ruler at rest, and assured him that he had equal power over the dead and the living, and could as easily raise those who had expired as those who were expiring.

Mark 5:38

The tumult - The confusion and weeping of the assembled people.

Wailed - Making inarticulate, mournful sounds; howling for the dead.

Mark 5:39

This ado - This tumult, this bustle or confusion.

And weep - Weep in this inordinate and improper manner. See the notes at Matthew 9:23.

But sleepeth - See the notes at Matthew 9:24.

Mark 5:41

Talitha cumi - This is the language which our Saviour commonly spoke. It is a mixture of Syriac and Chaldee, called Syro-Chaldaic. The proper translation is given by the evangelist - “Damsel, arise.”

Mark 5:43

Something should be given her to eat - “He had raised her by extraordinary power, but he willed that she should be sustained by ordinary means.” He also in this gave full evidence that she was really restored to life and health. The changes were great, sudden, and certain. There could be no illusion. So, when the Saviour had risen, he gave evidence of his own resurrection by eating with his disciples, John 21:1-13.


 
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