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Timothy Maas
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As I read the gospel accounts, when Jairus first sought out Jesus, Jairus' daughter was very ill, but not dead. It was only after Jesus agreed to come to Jairus' house, and they had started on their way there, that a messenger came to Jairus informing him that that his daughter had died, and recommending that Jairus therefore not trouble Jesus any further. However, Jesus told Jairus just to continue to have faith (the same faith that had initially motivated Jairus to seek Jesus out). After they reached the house, Jesus (knowing what He planned to do) told all the mourners that the girl was not dead, but only sleeping, which caused all the mourners to ridicule Him. Jesus then proceeded to bring her back to life (one of three such occasions mentioned in the gospels -- the others being the son of the widow from Nain (Luke 7:11-17) and Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary from Bethany (John 11:1-44).
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