Marcos 5
Kent Hughes · Citado em PreceptAustin
Marcos 5
Hughes - Tell Him to leave you alone, and He will. And if you tell Him enough, there will come a time when the opportunity for repentance will be gone. If you have not already done so, turn to Christ for salvation. Come to Christ for healing. If He is speaking to you, you must respond now, for this may be the last time! (Preaching the Word-Mk)
Marcos 5
Hughes illustrates the root idea of parakaleo "to come alongside and encourage" with the following example - I see this exemplified every time my church has a roller skating party, and the parents put their little ones on skates for the first time. Mom and Dad skate with their child, holding on to his or her hands, sometimes with the child’s feet on the ground and sometimes in the air. But all the time the parents are alongside encouraging....[exhortation] is a wonderful gift, and we are to place it at Christ’s feet and be willing to be worn out in its use. Point of death (2078)(eschatos from ek = from, primarily as it relates to place) means last in time or space/place (most remote). The idea pertains to being at the very end, extremely, i.e., in extremity, to be at the last gasp, at the point of death. Lay (2007)(epitithemi from epi = upon + tithemi = to place, put) means literally to place or put upon, to lay upon. Saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death (Literally, is at the last point; in extremis; at the last extremity, the "last gasp") - Note that Matthew's version condensed the story to present at the outset what was really true before Jesus reached his house. (Mt 9:18+). Luke 8:42+ says she was his only daughter adds she was dying in the imperfect tense which could be translated “she was beginning to die” or “was approaching death." (echo + eschatos = having reached a critical stage) At this point in the Mark's version either she is not yet dead or Jairus does not know she has died since he left his house. Luke 8:42+ adds that this Jairus' only daughter about twelve years old. It is notable that at twelve years old she would have been in her first year of womanhood according to Jewish custom. Jesus hears the cries of the distressed. We can come to Jesus with our request -- Mark Akin Bengel - It was great faith which impelled Jairus to leave her when just breathing her last.