Mark 5:21-43 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship to the other side, much people gathered to him: and he was near to the sea.… I. The ease brought before Jesus. A bodily disease as usual. No spiritual cases, though more important. II. The persons who brought it. A ruler, etc. He had heard Christ's teaching. He had seen His miracles. No mention made, etc., till distress. III. The character in which he came — a parent. IV. The manner in which he came. Reverently. Earnestly. Believingly. V. At the request of Jairus, Christ arose and accompanied him. Christ encouraged such applications — He does so still (Expository Discourses.) I. CHRIST'S RESTORATIVE POWER TRANSCENDS THE ORDINARY EXPECTATIONS OF MANKIND. II. CHRIST'S RESTORATIVE POWER IS EXERTED ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS. 1. Earnest entreaty. 2. A reverential spirit. III. CHRIST'S RESTORATIVE POWER ACCOMPLISHES ITS OBJECT WITH THE GREATEST EASE. IV. CHRIST'S RESTORATIVE POWER CONFOUNDS THE SCOFFING SCEPTIC WITH ITS RESULT. Scoffing infidelity is destined to be confounded. There were scoffers in the days of Noah and they were confounded when the deluge came. There were scoffers in the days of Lot, and they were confounded when the showers of fire fell. There are scoffers now, and when they shall see Him "coming in His glory with all His holy angels," these atheists, deists, and materialists, will be utterly confounded. (David Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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