Mark 5

Questions from You...

Anonymous said...

Why does Jesus say that the girl was asleep and not dead? Is this a metaphor for rising again?

Jennings Responded: Idk if I would call it a metaphor, I think Jesus was just calling it how he saw it. His faith was such that death could be conquered and if death could be stopped then all we are doing is sleeping when dead? Right? That's just a knee-jerk answer.

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This Chapter has two long very detailed accounts of Jesus healing. With the quick pace of Mark these long accounts are unusual and perhaps Mark was placing special emphasis on them?