Two people. Same afternoon. Same town. Both facing the worst day of their lives, and neither one knows the other exists.
A woman who has been bleeding for twelve years, spending everything she has on cures that never worked. A little girl, just twelve years old, whose life is about to end before it has properly begun. Jesus meets both of them on the same afternoon, and speaks the same authority over both.
"Daughter, your faith has made you well."
"Cariad, get up."
This Super Short Thought looks at Mark 5:21-43, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood and the raising of Jairus' daughter, and asks what these two intertwined stories tell us about the kind of "business" Jesus is actually in.
Part of the Discovering Mark series, Series of Super Short Thoughts, Blogs and Word for the Week.
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INDICATIVE CHAPTER TIMING
0:00 Two lives, same afternoon, same town
0:12 The woman: twelve years of slow loss
0:22 The girl: twelve years old, about to lose everything
0:33 Two parallel lives collide
0:41 "Daughter, your faith has made you well"
0:48 "Cariad, get up"
0:58 Same voice, same authority
1:05 The business Jesus is in
QUICK QUIZ
Q1: How many years had the woman been suffering before she met Jesus?
A: Twelve years.
Q2: How old was Jairus' daughter?
A: Twelve years old.
Q3: What single word does Jesus use to address the little girl, and what does it mean?
A: He calls her "little one", the Welsh equivalent being "Cariad", meaning something close to "dear" or "beloved".
Q4: What does Jesus say to the woman after she is healed?
A: "Daughter, your faith has made you well."
Q5: What is the main point of comparing these two stories?
A: The same Jesus, in the same afternoon, meets two very different kinds of diminishment (slow decline and sudden loss) with the same authority and the same personal address, calling both back into life and belonging ... which shows both what Jesus is like and what He does
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