Mark 5:35 meaning and explanation

While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”

Mark 5:35, Berean Standard Bible

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Jairus, a synagogue leader, had begged Jesus to come and heal his dying daughter, and Jesus was on the way when these messengers arrived. Their words carry the blunt finality of grief: the child has died, so there is no point troubling the Teacher further.

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