Mark 5:14-17 NASB Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. (15) They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened. (16) Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine. (17) And they began to implore Him to leave their region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- How did the herdsmen and the people from the city respond? Why do you think?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Mark 5:18-20 NASB As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him. (19) And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” (20) And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- What is different about Jesus’ instructions to the healed man in this account as compared to the others in earlier chapters of Mark?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Mark 5:21-34 NASB When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore. (22) One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet (23) and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.” (24) And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him. (25) A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, (26) and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse– (27) after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. (28) For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will get well.” (29) Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. (30) Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?” (31) And His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?'” (32) And He looked around to see the woman who had done this. (33) But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. (34) And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- How did Jairus approach Jesus? What did he ask? Did Jairus demonstrate faith?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Luke 8:42 states that the daughter of Jairus was his only daughter and that she was dying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What happens as Jesus is on His way to heal Jairus’ daughter?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What strikes you about the woman’s condition? Was there faith involved with the woman? How was she healed? What was her response? How did Jesus respond?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Mark 5:35-43 NASB While He was still speaking, they came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?” (36) But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.” (37) And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. (38) They *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing. (39) And entering in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.” (40) They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was. (41) Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). (42) Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. (43) And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that something should be given her to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Who is involved in this passage?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Who demonstrated faith in Jesus?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Jesus selected only 3 disciples to accompany him, which ones?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Discuss the scene when Jesus arrives and what He does.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What did Jesus do with the crowd?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How did Jesus heal Jairus’ daughter?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What were Jesus’ instructions after the healing? How did this differ from the casting out of demons? Why do you think?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What other healing story resulted in raising from the dead after Jesus was delayed in healing the sick (John 11:1-45)? What does this mean to you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Leviticus 11:7 NASB and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke 8:42 NASB for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John 11:1-6 NASB Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (2) It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. (3) So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” (4) But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” (5) Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. (6) So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mark 5:1-13 NASB They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. (2) When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, (3) and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2478,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635\/revisions\/2650"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- What is different about Jesus’ instructions to the healed man in this account as compared to the others in earlier chapters of Mark?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n