Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 5:23

"and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: [I pray thee], that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live." — Mark 5:23 (ASV)

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

This was great faith, yet it was also little faith, for he limits Christ's power to his bodily presence, and he stipulates about the way in which the cure is to be accomplished: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed. Yet we never like to criticize faith; there is so little of it, and it is so precious a thing that we are glad to see it anywhere, and especially in a ruler of the synagogue. Oh, that we all prayed this way for our little daughters and our little sons: "Lord, come and lay your hands on them! There is sin in them, and sin means spiritual death; come and lay your hands on them, that they may be healed, and live forever."