No teaching happens here. Jairus seizes his opportunity (I wonder how many times he'd heard Jesus before – or had seen him heal people). Was he someone that had posted lookouts, or himself was roaming the shore? He's one of the leaders of the Synagogue- (I presume in Capernaum). What sort of discussions had he had with his fellow leaders? What was going in his own thinking about Jesus? Does that all get sidelined by a family crisis? To thugatrion mou eschatws echei- my little daughter is at the end- or at the point of death (Z &G). And though he still hasn't quite made up his mind about Jesus, he has no choice but to take a chance on him- like the disciples in the boat, or the demons in the man. They roll the dice with hope.
“Come and lay your hands on her on her that she might be saved and might live.”
Interesting- a different approach to the Centurion, he sends a servant, just say the word- Here's a religious leader of the people and he wants him there in person- Is part of this their different worlds – that approach made sense to a soldier- the laying on of hands makes sense to a jew- are there Mosaic regulations about this sort of thing?
Jesus goes with him- and the crowd just follows along to gawk. (Did any leave at that point in respect for the leaders privacy?).
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