Mark 5:22 (BSB)
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
Commentary on Mark 5:22
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 5:21-34: The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (Mar 5:21), and there much people gathered to him. Note, If there be some that reject Christ, yet there are others that receive him, and bid him welcome.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 5:22: And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,.... Having heard of his return, and where he was; See Gill on Mat 9:18. Jairus by name; in Hebrew "Jair": and Jerom says (n), it signifies "enlightening", or "enlightened": deriving it from "to be light": and it is no doubt a Jewish name, since he was a ruler of the synagogue; and besides, it...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 5:22: Verses 22-43. See the account of the raising of Jairus' daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained and . (e) "And behold"
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 5:22: And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, (g) The whole company did not assemble without any structure, but in every synagogue there were certain men who governed the people.