Jairus

How Nave’s arranged it

• A ruler of the synagogue in CapernaumMatthew 9:18
• Daughter of, restored to lifeMatthew 9:18Matthew 9:23–26Mark 5:22–43Luke 8:41–56

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 9:18

   While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

   ›Commentary on Matthew 9:182 voices

   “A certain ruler - There were two officers in the synagogue, חזן הכנסת chazan ha-ceneseth, the bishop or overseer of the congregation; and ראש הכנסת rosh ha-ceneseth, the head or ruler of the congregation. The chazan takes the book of the Law, and gives it to the rosh, or ruler; and he appoints who shall read the different sections, etc. Jairus, who is the person intended here, was, in this latter sense, the ruler or governor of one of the synagogues, probably at Capernaum. See Mar 5:22; Luk 8:

   Let us mark, in this passage, the gracious name by which the Lord Jesus speaks of himself. He calls himself “the bridegroom” What the bridegroom is to the bride, the Lord Jesus is to the souls of all who believe in him. He loves them with a deep and everlasting love. He takes them into union with himself: they are “one with Christ and Christ in them.”

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2. Matthew 9:23–26

   When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 9:23–262 voices

   Let us mark, in this passage, the gracious name by which the Lord Jesus speaks of himself. He calls himself “the bridegroom” What the bridegroom is to the bride, the Lord Jesus is to the souls of all who believe in him. He loves them with a deep and everlasting love. He takes them into union with himself: they are “one with Christ and Christ in them.”

   “To this day the damsel lays dead in the ruler's house; and they that seem to be teachers are but minstrels singing funeral dirges. The Jews also are not the crowd of believers, but of people making a noise. But when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, then all Israel shall be saved.

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3. Mark 5:22–43

   A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

   ›Commentary on Mark 5:22–432 voices

   “Jairus by name--or "Jaeirus." It is the same name as Jair, in the Old Testament (Nu 32:41; Es 2:5). and when he saw him, he fell at his feet--in Matthew (Mt 9:18), "worshipped Him." The meaning is the same in both.

   “And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,.... Having heard of his return, and where he was; See Gill on Mat 9:18. 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 Est 2:5, where, in the Septuagint, it is read, Ιαιρος, Jairus.

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4. Luke 8:41–56

   Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

   ›Commentary on Luke 8:41–562 voices

   “And behold, there came a man named Jairus,.... See Gill on Mar 5:22. and he was a ruler of the synagogue; at Capernaum; and it was the more remarkable, that such an one should come to Christ, and express any regard to his person, or faith in his power, and therefore a "behold" is prefixed to this account; See Gill on Mat 9:

   “How much misery and trouble — sin has brought into the world! The passage we have just read affords a melancholy proof of this. First we see a distressed father in bitter anxiety about a dying daughter. Then we see a suffering woman , who has been afflicted twelve years with an incurable disease. And these are things which sin has sown broadcast over the whole earth! These are but examples of what is going on continually on every side.

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