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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Mark 5:36

Only believe. Dissenters grossly abuse this and other similar texts of Scripture, to prove that faith alone will suffice for justification; whereas God only declares, that he requires a faith in his almighty power for the performance of miracles, and that without this necessary predisposition, he will not do any miracles. See ver. 5, of the following chapter.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MARK 5:36 parakou,saj {B} The ambiguity of parakou,saj (“ignoring” or “overhearing”) led to its replacement in aa A C D K Q P _al_ by the Lukan parallel avkou,saj ...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _JESUS - SAITH_] These words were spoken by our Lord to the afflicted father, immediately on his hearing of the death of his child, to prevent that distress which he otherwise must have felt...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18. Mark 5:23 LIETH AT THE POINT OF DEATH - Is dyin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Servant's Power over Satan's work. (Mark 5:1. Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26 .)_ 2. The Servant's Power over disease and death. (Mark

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MARK 4:35 TO MARK 5:43. FOUR WONDER-STORIES. The stilling of the tempest, the healing of the demoniac and of the woman, and the raising of Jairus-' daughter form one of the most graphic sections of Mk...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    While he was still speaking, messages came from the household of the ruler of the synagogue. "Your daughter, they said, "has died. Why trouble the teacher any more?" Jesus overheard this message being...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Now there was a woman who was suffering from a haemorrhage which had lasted for twelve years. She had gone through many things at the hands of many doctors; she had spent everything she had; and it ha...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BANISHING OF THE DEMONS (Mark 5:1-13)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS SOON AS. Immediately. See note on Mark 1:12. HEARD.. Tr.. WH. (not Syriac) read _parakousas_ (instead of _akousas)_, which. translates "overheard". BELIEVE. go on believing....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _heard_ Perhaps according to a better reading, "_overheard._" The very instant the Lord heard the message, He hastens to reassure the ruler with a word of confidence and encouragement....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΠΑΡΑΚΟΎΣΑΣ ([1013][1014][1015][1016][1017]) rather than ἀκούσας ([1018]c[1019][1020][1021] [1022][1023][1024][1025][1026] omit εὐθέως. See on Mark 5:13. [1013] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered b...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    35–43. RAISING OF THE DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS Matthew 9:23-26; Luke 8:49-56...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS HEALED JAIRUS' DAUGHTER MARK 5:35-43:_ Jairus must had been very sad about his delay. Especially when word came from his house that his daughter had died and that he should not bother Jesus any...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΑΡΑΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΟΎΩ (G3878) услышать случайно, подслушать; отказываться слушать, игнорировать (Taylor; Guelich). ΛΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part., см._ Mark 5:35. _Adj. part._ ΦΟΒΟ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. THE RAISING OF JAIRUS-' DAUGHTER 5:35-43 _TEXT 5:35-43_ While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any furth...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 4:34_5:43 The argument of this section is the same as that of the corresponding section in Matthew. (See Matthew 8:1 to Matthew 9:35.) It proves the divine power of Jesus by showing that he c...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN, HE SAITH UNTO THE RULER OF T...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    35-37 Compare Luk_8:49-50. 38-43 Compare Mat_9:23-36; Luk_8:51-56. 1-4 Compare Mat_13:53-57; Luk_4:16-30. 1 On a former occasion (Luk_4:16) He had gone to Nazareth to speak, and found His old neighb...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE, AND JAIRUS' DAUGHTER (Matthew 9:18; Luke 8:40). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GADARENE DEMONIAC. JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) DEMONIAC (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk's account is much the fullest....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 JESUS IN GERASA VERSES 1-20 This man seemed strong and well. But his mind was ve...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 5:21-43 (MARK 5:21) WITH JAIRUS "And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto Him: and He was by the sea. And there cometh one of...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The daughter of Jairus and the woman with bloody issue_ (Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The story of Jairus' daughter resumed_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    παρακούσας : might mean to disregard, as in Matthew 18:17 (with genitive). So Meyer; but here probably it means overhearing a word not spoken directly to Him. The two senses are quite compatible. Jesu...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS Mark 5:21-43 We turn from the demon-driven man to this woman, weakened by long disease. For the one there was the outward manifestation of evil, but for the other inward wasting...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Nevertheless the men of Gadara "began to beseech Him to depart from their borders" (verse Mar 5:17). The price was too heavy; their pigs were destroyed. There is heartbreak here. Jairus fell at His fe...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (3) As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. (3) By faith fathers apprehended the promises of life even for their childr...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    RESURRECTION OF JAIRUS'S DAUGHTER Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:23-43; & Luke 8:41-56. Mark: “And, behold, one of the chief rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, comes; and seeing Him, falls at His feet,...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE BLOODY HEMORRHAGE Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-36; Luke 8:43-50. Mark: “A certain woman, being with a hemorrhage of blood twelve years, and having suffered much from many physicians, and spending al...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (21) And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. (22) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, J...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _FAITH AND LIFE_ ‘Be not afraid, only believe.’ Mark 5:36 Our Blessed Lord had just performed three out of that wondrous cycle of miracles which Mark brings into close sequence. First, the ‘stillin...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:36._Fear not, only believe. _The message about her death had induced despair: for he had asked nothing from Christ but relief to the diseased young woman. Christ therefore bids him take care le...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But, in another sense, they are not with Him. They are called to serve, when He quits the scene of His labour. We learn this from the demoniac Legion (chapter 5), delivered from his miserable conditio...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AS SOON AS JESUS HAD HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN,.... By those that came from the ruler's house; as that his daughter was dead, and it was to no purpose to give him any further trouble, since all h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. Ver. 36. _Be not afraid, only believe_] Faith quelleth and killeth distrustful...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Jairus' daughter restored to life. Matthew 9:18-26....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    ONLY BELIEVE; believe that I am able to restore her to life, and to do what I will....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jesus reassures Jairus:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN, HE SAITH UNTO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, BE NOT AFRAID, ONLY BELIEVE!...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    35-43 We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But have we not as much occasion for the grace of God, and the comfort of hi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 5:35...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 5:36 as G1161 G2112 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) word G3056 spoken G2980 (G5746) said...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But Jesus, overhearing the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don't be afraid. Just go on believing.' Jesus overhears what is said. The verb parakousas means ‘to hear beside' and so co...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ANALYSIS OF 5:35-43. a While He yet spoke they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why do you trouble the Master any further?” (Mark 5:35). b But Jesus, ove...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER LIFE AND DEATH (5:21-43). Having demonstrated His power over nature, and then over the world of evil spirits, Jesus will now demonstrate His power over...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 5:36. BUT JESUS NOT HEEDING, or, OVERHEARING, THE WORD SPOKEN. The correct reading introduces a word, which usually means, to pass by as unheard, not to heed: more rarely, to overhear. In either...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. These miracles were performed very shortly after the return from the country of the Gadarenes. From Matthew, however (Mark 9:18), we learn that Jairus came while our Lord was discoursing a...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    NOT HEEDING (παρακουσας). This is the sense in Matthew 18:17 and uniformly so in the LXX. But here the other sense of hearing aside, overhearing what was not spoken directly to him, probably exists...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    AS SOON AS But Jesus, overhearing that word, said to the synagogue-ruler, Fear not, simply have faith. Compare (Luke 7:50)....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:35 This part of the incident shows how two views may be taken of the same case. I. There is the human view the child is dead, trouble not the Master. Men see the outside; they deal with facts...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:21 The Daughter of Jairus. This story shows us: I. The Heart of Jesus. Many are anxious to find out what the face of Jesus was like, but our concern should be to know how His heart feels towa...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes._ They had had a very eventful passage across that small but stormy sea, and Christ had proved himself...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean s...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The maniac of Gadara. Woman with issue of blood healed. Daughter of Jairus raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, demoniac, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter. CONCLUSION: The po...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 5:9. _What is thy name?_ Our Saviour asked this to show the great power which demons have over men, when permitted of God. Mark 5:25. _A certain woman._ See Luke 8:43....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Be not afraid, only believe._ ONLY BELIEVE The circumstances in which our Lord uttered these simple but memorable words … Did He say this for the sake of Jairus alone? Nay, surely not! I take these...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 5:36 DO NOT FEAR, ONLY BELIEVE. Again, Jesus shows that faith is the solution to fear (see Mark 2:5;...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS RESTORES A GIRL TO LIFE AND HEALS A BLEEDING WOMAN MATTHEW 9:18-26; MARK 5:21-43; LUKE 8:40-56; MARK 5:21 And when Jesus was passed ove

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 1 _Christ delivereth the possessed of the legion of devils_, 13 _they enter into the swine_. 25 H _e healeth the woman of the bloody issue_, 35 _and raiseth from death Jairus his daughter. _...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 5:22. RULERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE.—The synagogues had no clergy, but were managed by laymen, who conducted or superintended the services, and administered discipline....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 5:1 AND THEY CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA. The other side of the sea would be the south-east side of the sea. INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES, or rather, _Gerasenes_,_ _which...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes (Mark 5:1). Now, that is on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. It is the area near the beginning of the Golan...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 20:20; John 11:40; John 4:48; Luke 8:50; Mark 5:34;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Heard. This is from the reading ajkousav (Luke 8:50). The correct reading is parakousav, which may be rendered either not heeding, as Rev. (compare Matthew 28:17), or over - hearing, as Rev. in margin...

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