Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 5:22

"And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he falleth at his feet," — Mark 5:22 (ASV)

And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers.—See Notes on Matthew 9:18-25, where the narrative is found in a different connection, as coming immediately after the feast in St. Matthew’s house, which St. Mark has given in Mark 2:14-18.

Jairus.—The name is given by St. Mark and St. Luke only. It was a Grecized form of the Jair of Judges 10:3, Numbers 32:41. It meets us in the Apocryphal portion of Esther (11:2) as the name of the father of Mardocheus, or Mordecai.