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 power which  commanded  sickness  so  imperatively,  and  restored  health to men:  “Virtue  went  out  of  Him  and  healed  all”  (Luke  6,  19). — “In Him  dwelleth  all  the  fulness  of  the  Godhead  corporally”  (Col.  2,  9).

2. This  cure  also  showed  forth  our  Lord’s  Omniscience. Unobserved, as she  supposed,  in  the  midst  of  the  crowd,  the  poor  woman  crept  up to  Him,  and  touched  the  hem  of  His  garment. Jesus, however,  knew that she  had  touched  Him,  and  knew,  moreover,  that  the  touch  had made her  whole;  but  in  order  that  she  might  not  fall  into  the  error of thinking  she  had  been  cured  by  some  strange,  mechanical,  involuntary force, He  said  aloud:  “I  know  that  virtue  is  gone  out  from  Me.”

3. The  raising  to  life  of  the  dead  maiden  showed  that  Jesus  had  dominion over  life  and  death,  being  the  Author  of  life,  or,  in  other  words, being God. Truly, indeed,  did  He  say  of  Himself  (chapter  XXVI): “As the  Father  raiseth  up  the  dead,  and  giveth  life;  so  the  Son  also giveth life  to  whom  He  will.”  Of  the  real  death  of  the  maiden  there can be  no  doubt,  because  1. all who  were  in  the  house  knew  that she was  dead. 2. Our  Lord  knew  that  she  was  dead,  when  He  said: “Believe only,  and  she  shall  be  safe.”  3. The Gospel  (Luke  8,  55) says explicitly:  “her  spirit  returned”. It is,  therefore,  an  undoubted fact that  the  maiden  had  already  departed  this  life.

The humility  of  Jairus  and  the  infirm  woman.  Jairus,  the  rich and distinguished  ruler  of  the  synagogue,  threw  himself  humbly  on  the ground at  the  feet  of  the  poor  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  and  begged  for  help. As for  the  woman,  she  felt  herself  to  be  so  mean  and  wretched  that she had  not  the  courage  to  offer  her  petition  to  our  Lord;  and  after she was  healed,  she  fell  trembling  at  His  Feet,  and  related  before  the whole crowd  from  what  misery  she  had  been  delivered. The very  first maxim of  the  kingdom  of  God  is  this:  “God  resisteth  the  proud,  and giveth grace  to  the  humble”  (James  4,  6).

Without faith, neither  one  nor  the  other  would  have  obtained  help. Our Lord  said  to  Jairus:  “Believe  only,  and  she  shall  be  safe”,  and to the  woman  He  said:  “Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole.”  “If  thou hadst not  had  faith,  the  touch  of  My  garment  would  have  availed  thee nothing.” Without  faith  there  is  no  cure  for  the  body,  no  salvation for the  soul.

The prayer  of  Jairus  was  heard, because  he  prayed  with  confidence and  humility.

The hour  of  death  is  uncertain. Some  die  when  they  are  young, as did  the  daughter  of  Jairus  and  the  young  man  of  Naim; others  reach middle age,  and  some  reach  old  age. We must,  therefore,  be  always prepared for  death  and  eternity.

Death is  a sleep:  1. because the  dead  “rest  from  their  labours” (Apoc. 14,  13);  2. because they  can  work  no  longer;  3. because the bodies of  the  dead  shall  one  day  wake  up  again  to  life. The church