Mark 5:35-43

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 rather than with principles; they see the circumference, not the centre.

II. There is Christ's view only believe; man is called beyond facts, he is called into the sanctuary of God's secret. We often put the period where God Himself puts only a comma; we say "dead" when God Himself says "sleepeth." The incident may be treated as showing three things: (1) Christ not sent for until the last moment. (2) Christ misunderstood when sent for. (3) Christ never sent for in vain.

Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 94.

References: Mark 5:35. Homilist,new series, vol. iv., p. 64.Mark 5:36. W. F. Hook, Sermons on the Miracles,vol. i., p. 269; T. Wallace, Christian World Pulpit,vol. iii., p. 143; R. Thornton, Church of England Pulpit,vol. vii., p, 77. Mark 5:39. Preacher's Monthly,vol. iii., p. 251.Mark 5:41. New Outlines on the New Testament,p. 37. Mark 5:42. Homiletic Quarterly,vol. ii., p. 542.Mark 5:43. J. Vaughan, Sermons,8th series, p. 45.