Verses 49-50
Jesus’ words of encouragement as well as His recent demonstration of power prepared Jairus for what followed. He had just witnessed Jesus overcome ceremonial defilement and disease. He needed to believe that Jesus could overcome ceremonial defilement and death. Luke stressed the sad finality of the occasion by using the perfect tense Greek verb translated "she has died" and by placing the verb in the emphatic first position in the sentence. The messenger’s command also implied that there was no hope, but Jesus immediately fortified Jairus’ faith.
"Whereas the woman’s faith needed bolstering because it was shy, Jairus’s faith needs to be calmed, persistent, and trusting. . . .
"We often struggle to understand God’s timing. In fact, much of faith is related to accepting God’s timing for events." [Note: Bock, Luke, pp. 248, 249.]
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