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Luke 8:41 And behold, a man came whose name was Jairus, and this man was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell at Jesus' feet and entreated Him to enter into his house, 42 Because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the crowds pressed against Him. 43 And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years and who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and yet could not be healed by anyone, 44 Approached Him from behind and touched the fringe of His garment, and instantly her flow of blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said, Who is the one who touched Me? And when all denied it, Peter said, Master, the crowds are pressing and crushing You. 46 But Jesus said, Someone touched Me, for I perceived that power had gone out from Me. 47 And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him and declared before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace. 49 While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying, Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher any longer. 50 But Jesus, hearing it, answered him, Do not be afraid--only believe, and she will be healed. 53 And they laughed scornfully at Him, knowing that she had died. 54 But He took hold of her hand and called out, saying, Child, arise! 55 And her spirit returned and she rose up instantly; and He directed that something be given to her to eat.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In 8:40-56 we have an account of the Lord's healing a woman with a flow of blood and His raising up a dead girl. In 8:41- 42 Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue asked the Lord Jesus to heal his daughter, who was "about twelve years old, and she was dying." While the Lord was on the way to heal the girl, "a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who could not be healed by anyone, approached Him from behind and touched the fringe of His garment; and instantly her flow of blood stopped." Since this woman's case is merged with the case of the ruler's daughter, and since the twelve years of her sickness are the age of the girl, and they are both females, these cases may be considered a complete case of one person. In this view, the girl was born, so to speak, in the woman's death sickness and died of it. When the woman's death-sickness was healed by the Man-Savior, the dead girl rose up from death. This signifies that every fallen person is born in the death sickness of sin and is dead in it (Eph. 2:1). When his death sickness of sin is dealt with by the Savior's redeeming death (1 Pet. 2:24), he rises up out of death into life (John 5:24-25). The flow of blood in the case of the woman signifies the leaking out of life. To lose blood means to lose life. This also is an aspect of the condition of today's society. According to the picture presented in Luke, fallen man's society is filled with demons and with the unclean business of hog raising, and it is characterized by the leaking out of life, which brings people into death.

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Lord Jesus, I don't want to be just another person in the crowd of people pressing against You. I stretch out to touch You. Even now, as I pray, I am here to touch You and be healed by Your life power from my death. Amen.