Luk 8:41 | KingComments | STEP | When the Lord returns, a hearty welcome awaits Him. All are looking forward to Him. Thus will the Lord in the future be received by His people in truth. Now it is still because of His blessings and not because of the need of their sins, but the attitude is beautiful. Do we also look forward to Him? He can come any moment, for He has said: “I am coming soon.” A man comes forward out of the crowd. It is Jairus, an official of the synagogue. As an official of the synagogue, Jairus is a prominent and distinguished Jew who is closely connected to the law. He is not an opponent of the Lord. On the contrary, he appeals to Him in his distress while he falls at His feet. Everyone sees this attitude, but he is not ashamed of it. He implores the Lord to come to his house. This is the way a Jew expects healing. He expects the Messiah to come to the place where he lives. With the Gentile centurion we have seen a greater faith, for he believed in the power of the Lord’s word ( ). Jairus’ only daughter is in need. She is twelve years old and is dying. She was brought up in the atmosphere of the law, but that does not prevent her from dying soon. The appeal that Jairus makes to the Lord is not in vain. Surrounded by the crowd, He sets off for the house of Jaïrus. The condition of the girl represents the condition of the people. The people are dying and the Lord has come to heal the people.

‏ Luke 8:41

Jairus Implores the Lord for His Daughter

When the Lord returns, a hearty welcome awaits Him. All are looking forward to Him. Thus will the Lord in the future be received by His people in truth. Now it is still because of His blessings and not because of the need of their sins, but the attitude is beautiful. Do we also look forward to Him? He can come any moment, for He has said: “I am coming soon.”

A man comes forward out of the crowd. It is Jairus, an official of the synagogue. As an official of the synagogue, Jairus is a prominent and distinguished Jew who is closely connected to the law. He is not an opponent of the Lord. On the contrary, he appeals to Him in his distress while he falls at His feet.

Everyone sees this attitude, but he is not ashamed of it. He implores the Lord to come to his house. This is the way a Jew expects healing. He expects the Messiah to come to the place where he lives. With the Gentile centurion we have seen a greater faith, for he believed in the power of the Lord’s word (Lk 7:7).

Jairus’ only daughter is in need. She is twelve years old and is dying. She was brought up in the atmosphere of the law, but that does not prevent her from dying soon. The appeal that Jairus makes to the Lord is not in vain. Surrounded by the crowd, He sets off for the house of Jaïrus. The condition of the girl represents the condition of the people. The people are dying and the Lord has come to heal the people.