Jairus

In Mark’s Gospel

• Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly: "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live" (Mark 5:22-23) — a synagogue ruler humbling himself publicly

• On the way, messengers came: "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"

  Mark 5:35

• Jesus answered: "Do not fear, only believe"

  Mark 5:36

• Jesus took only Peter, James, and John — and the child's parents — into the house

  Mark 5:37, 40

Who they were

• ✦Humble — a man of status who fell at Jesus's feet in front of a crowd (Mark 5:22)
• ✦Persistent in faith — kept believing after the worst news a father can hear (Mark 5:35-36)
• ✦Obedient — did exactly as Jesus directed, bringing only whom Jesus chose (Mark 5:37-40)

Read about them

Faces of Faith

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” — Hebrews 12:1

A keepsake of Jairus’s story — the portrait on the front, the key moments on the back.