Day 16: Jesus heals two daughters
Right before Jesus heals the paralyzed man, He says, “Son, your sins are forgiven!” Today, we see Jesus healing two daughters, one of whom is about your age. We’ll see today that you’re never too young, too unclean, or too dead to be restored by Jesus!
In verse 22, who falls at Jesus’ feet and what does he beg Jesus to do?
While Jesus is on His way to Jairus’s house, Mark introduces us to one woman in the crowd. What do we learn about this woman (vv. 25–26)?
According to Jewish law, this woman would have been officially “unclean” because of her bleeding. When women were having their period, they were unable to go into the temple to worship, and this woman had been bleeding for twelve years straight. If someone touched her, they’d be “unclean” as well and would have to wash themselves in a special way to get clean again. So, lots of people would have been avoiding this woman for years.
In verses 27–28, what does the woman do and why?
In verse 29, what happens to the woman?
In verses 30–31, Jesus realized that power has gone out from Him, so He asks, “Who touched my clothes?” Why do the disciples think this is an odd question?
In verse 33, how does the woman react when she realized Jesus is going to keep looking until He finds her? Why do you think she was so scared?
How does Jesus react to her in verse 34, and how is this different from what she might have expected?
This is the only time in Mark’s gospel that Jesus calls someone “daughter.” He doesn’t just heal this woman; He includes her in His family.
What bad news arrives in verse 35?
In verse 36, what does Jesus say to Jairus?
In verse 38, when Jesus gets to Jairus’s house, what’s everyone doing?
In verses 39–40, what does Jesus say and how do the people react?
As we saw in the introduction, the New Testament is written in Greek. But Jews of Jesus’ day mostly speak a language called Aramaic. A few times in the Gospels, we get to hear the Aramaic words that Jesus uses.
In verse 41, what does Jesus do and what does He say?
In verse 42, what does the dead girl do?
In verse 42, we find out the girl had been alive for the same number of years that the woman had been bleeding (v. 25). How do these two stories together help us see Jesus’ love and power?
Thank Jesus for His tender, individual love for each of us, no matter how old we are, how sick we are, or how much other people might not want to be near us. Pray that He would help you feel that love, especially when you’re feeling desperate, like the bleeding woman.
Well done for working through to the end of Act 2! You’re making great progress through Mark’s awesome gospel!