But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
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… Why bother the teacher any further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, the bad news, your daughter's dead, as soon as he heard that word, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, do not be afraid. Only believe. okay let's consider that the slow moving crowd was bad enough the interruption by the woman made it worse Jesus lingering over this who touched my clothes made it even worse now comes the ultimate shock the ultimate shock whatever glowing flame he had that his daughter's going to make it is now extinguished. In one word, dead. Dead. When you hear those words, there's a finality in those words. When my dad called me after my brother was killed in a motorcycle crash, and he said, your brother is dead. Time stopped. Freeze frame. all sorts of emotions come crashing down at that moment your daughter is dead why trouble the teacher any further how often people try to discourage us from pursuing God like that so when Jesus hears what they just said which was true your daughter is dead he counters by saying, do not be afraid, only believe. …
… why trouble you the master and as soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken he said to the ruler of the synagogue do not be afraid only believe I want you to let that, let's just say that. Do not be afraid. Only believe. And he permitted no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. Then he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue. He saw a tomblet and those who wept and wailed. Weeping is another word there. that weeping wept and wailed loudly. Loudly. When he came in and he said to them, why do you make this a do and weep? We don't use that word a do. It literally in the Greek language means self-trouble. Why are you troubling? You are causing self-trouble. Why do you make this ado and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping. And they ridiculed him. But when he had put them all outside of that room, he took the father and the mother of the child and those who were with him and entered where the child was laid. …
Why bother the teacher anymore? Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, don't be afraid, just believe. He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. And when they'd come to the house of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, while this commotion and wailing, the child is not dead but asleep. But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, Talitha koum, which means little girl, I say to you, get up. Immediately the girl stood up and walked around. She was 12 years old. At this, they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to tell anyone, let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat. …