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Mark 5:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet "
Mark 5:22
Verse in Context
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20 He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
21 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
22 Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet
23 and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”
24 He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
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Mark 5:1
"They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes."
Mark 5:2
"When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs."
Mark 5:3
"He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,"
Mark 5:4
"because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him."
Mark 5:5
"Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones."
Mark 5:6
"When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,"
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