Mark 5:23

23 He begged Jesus, "Please come. My little daughter is dying. Place your hands on her to heal her. Then she will live."

Mark 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:23

And besought him greatly
Used much importunity with him, and was very urgent in his requests:

saying, my little daughter lieth at the point of death,
or "is in the last extremity"; just breathing out her last; for she was not actually dead when he left her, though she was before he returned, and was at this time, as he might expect, expiring, or really gone; (See Gill on Matthew 9:18).

[I pray thee] come and lay thine hands on her, that she may be
healed, and she shall live;
expressing faith in the power of Christ to restore his daughter, though in the utmost extremity; yet seemed to think his presence, and the imposition of his hands were necessary to it.

Mark 5:23 In-Context

21 Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee in a boat. It landed at the other side. There a large crowd gathered around him.

22 Then a man named Jairus came. He was a synagogue ruler. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet.

23 He begged Jesus, "Please come. My little daughter is dying. Place your hands on her to heal her. Then she will live."

24 So Jesus went with him. A large group of people followed. They crowded around him.

25 A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. It had lasted for 12 years.