Mary Rice                                    Assignment 5.2

Mark 5:21-43                            5/July/2025

Comparison & Contrast            

Jesus told Jairus                    the woman was                    
not to be afraid                        trembling with fear

The little girl was 12           the woman had
                                                        been bleeding for 12 
                                                        years

When Jairus saw Jesus       the woman fell at 
he fell at his feet                     Jesus' feet

Jairus says, Please                  the woman thought 
come and put your                  if I just touch His
hands on her so that she      clothes I will be healed 
will be healed and live

They both felt the touch      They both felt the touch of 
 of Jesus would heal.              Jesus would heal.          

The people with Jairus         The disciples ask
ask why bother the                Jesus " you see the
 teacher anymore                    people crowding
                                                           around you and yet
                                                          you ask "who 
                                                          touched Me"?

The people with Jairus         Jesus says to the
ask why bother the                woman go in peace
teacher anymore                     and be freed from
                                                          your suffering.

The people can see               The disciples ask
that the child is dead           Jesus "you see the
(and yet they ask the            people crowding
obvious question to             around you and 
them) why bother the         yet you ask"who
 teacher anymore?                 touched me"?
(it's as if they're saying       The disciples                                                   
  n their heads can't you       ask an obvious
see what's happened?)         question too. They 
They lack faith that                 lack faith too 
Jesus can heal                            because Jesus
                                                           actually knows
                                                           who touched Him
                                                           but the disciples 
                                                           don't know that 
                                                          He can feel the
                                                          power coming in     
                                                          and out of Him!
               
The people can see               The woman feels
that the child is dead           in her body that she
                                                        is freed from her
                                                        suffering.

The people around                The disciples point
Jesus thought there              out that Jesus can
was no need to bother         see and feel the 
the teacher anymore            people crowding
                                                         around Him and 
                                                         yet they wonder
                                                         why He asks this
                                                         question. They 
                                                         feel that there's no                      
                                                         need to ask it. 

Jesus said to Jairus            Jesus says"Daughter
"Do not be afraid just        your faith has healed 
believe."                                   you"

The girl died when             At once Jesus
 the woman touched         revealed that power
 Jesus                                       had gone out of Him
                                                     when the woman 
                                                     touched Him

The girl needed                    The woman didn't
something to eat

Power from Jesus              Power from Jesus
had gone into the               had gone into the
girl when raised                  woman to stop the
to life                                        bleeding
  
The breath of life                Power had gone out
 had stopped in the            of Jesus' physical 
 girl  when  .......                  body to heal the 
and the girl's                         woman
spiritual body
was still living
and her physical
body dead
 (Jesus gives the                 
breath of life and
He can take it)

Jairus came up to              The woman came up
Jesus and a large               behind Jesus in the 
crowed followed                crowed
Him and pressed
around Him

The People with               The disciples  
Jairus laughed at             wondered why
Jesus (showing                 Jesus asked the
unbelief)                               question (showing
                                                   unbelief)

Jesus gave Jairus’           But with the woman's
Parents strict                     healing everyone
orders not to tell              knew about it
anyone

Jesus didn't want            The woman was 
Jairus' parents or             afraid to tell Jesus
the disciples to tell          that she touched Him
anyone of the                     She would have just
healing                                   rathered to sneak
                                                   away and no one know
                                                   about it. She had to 
                                                    confess in front of
                                                    everybody.

When Jesus healed         The woman was 
Jairus'Daughter                amazed at Jesus 
they were amazed           knowing what had
(as opposed to                   happened to her
doubting in the
previous statement)

Jairus 'Daughter did          The woman was
not know Jesus. She        amazed at Jesus'
just awoke to find             healing power
Him there. Her 
parents were amazed
at His healing power.

Jesus did not want             Crowds were with 
anyone to follow Him      Jesus when He healed
to Jairus' place except     the woman
Peter, James and John

The girl was told to             Jesus told the
be given something            woman "Go in peace
to eat                                          your faith has
                                                       healed you"

The girl was healed             The woman was
and walked around              healed and only 
                                                       after prompting
                                                       confessed to Jesus 
                                                       that she touched
                                                       Him. 

Jesus is still speaking         Jesus kept looking
with Jairus when                   around to see who 
people are telling Him        had touched Him.
that the child is dead

Jesus touched the                The woman touched
girl to raise her to                 Jesus' cloak for her
life                                                 to be healed.

Jesus needed to                     with the woman
speak for the healing           He did not
of Jairus' daughter

Jairus fell at Jesus'             The woman fell at 
feet and pleaded                   Jesus' feet and was
earnestly with Him              trembling with 
to come                                      fear

Jairus fell at Jesus’            The woman fell at 
feet before the                      Jesus’ feet after 
 healing                                      the healing

Jesus did not let anyone follow Him except Peter, James and John.
With the woman crowds were all around Him all the time.

Jesus gave them strict order not to tell anyone about this.
With the woman Jesus knew that power had gone out of Him.

Jesus is still speaking  and people are telling Him that the child is dead.
Jesus kept on looking around to see who touched Him. 

The child dies before she is raised to life by Jesus.
The woman was alive and her blood dried up representing her healing. 

Jairus asked Jesus in front of everybody to touch his daughter
The woman wanted to touch Jesus without anyone knowing, not even Him.

There is a comparison between this story and the story of the Centurian Ruler who came to Jesus and said “Just say the word and my servant shall be healed. 
(Matt 8:5-13) and also in Mark 6:56 it is said that people knew that they would be healed just by the touch of His garment. 

Jesus said a word and the girl was healed.
Jesus didn’t need to say anything for the woman’s healing. 

A large crowed pressed around Jesus when he met Jairus. But when he was in the girl’s home he only took 
3 disciples and the girl’s parents.

Jesus took her by the hand.
The woman touched Jesus’ cloak.

He did not say to Jairus’ you of little faith
He said to the woman ‘your faith has made u well’
Jairus pleaded with Jesus earnestly.
The woman didn’t. She pleaded with herself.

The miracle here is the woman just touched Jesus’ cloak and Jesus touched Jairus’ daughter’s hand and said ‘wake up’

Jesus said to the woman your faith has made you well but Jairus’ daughter didn’t have to have any faith. It was Jairus who had to have the faith. 

It was a witnessed miracle, Jairus’ daughter, where as on the other side Jesus announced it who touched Me?

It was a witnessed miracle again which happened in a private setting of Jairus’ daughter. But with the woman it wasn’t a witnessed miracle but a private miracle that happened in a public setting which eventually everyone was aware of. 

There was a commotion on both sides. People were wanting to get to Jesus. They knew He could heal.