She was of the age of twelve years.—St. Mark gives the age at the end of the narrative, St. Luke at the beginning, St. Ma…

He taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. And he took the dam…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Those who were with the ruler of the synagogue thought that Christ was one of the prophets. For this …

The twelve-year-old girl responded immediately to Jesus’ words. She not only stood up, she began to walk around. The five witnesses to the miracle …

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked
As soon as ever the above words were pronounced by Christ, such divine …

We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But do we not have as much occ…