18. TlpoaiHvvsi, worshipped) Although in outward appearance Jairus was greater than Jesus. — sr&ivrnfcv, is dead) Thus he said from conjecture, or after he had received intelligence of his daughter's death, whom he, in the great strength of faith, had left at the point of death. — See Mark v. 23. — JX^wc,1 coming) cf. John iv. 47.
20. Twft, a woman) Eusebius2 narrates that the statue of this woman and of the Lord healing her was still in existence in his time. — H. E., Bk. vii., c. 17. — OKKS&IV, from behind) sc. out of modest humility. — roD xpagirsdov, the hem or fringe) See Num. xv. 38, S. V. Our Lord performed even that part of the law. There is no valid argument from the dress which our Lord then wore to the efficacy of relics.
21. ToD //iar/ou AuroD, His garment) The woman, from the sense of her own impurity, acknowledged the absolute purity of Jesus. — ffcad^ ffopai, I shall be made whole) The expression in ver. 22 — <rs<rcojc2 <T£, hath made thee whole — sweetly replies to this thought.3
22. Qvyarep, daughter} She was, therefore, not advanced in years.4 — jj <xi<sng aw ffsffuxt ffs, thy faith hath placed thee in a state of health or salvation5) Our Lord was wont to say thus to those who, of themselves, as it were drew the health of their body and soul to themselves;6 see Luke vii. 50, xvii. 19, xviii. 42; by which
1 Lachm. with BCDabcd Vulg. Ilil. reads sis, and with BLTJa&c Vulg. (' accessit') Kpoashduv. Tischend. has tlat^uv ; Beng. and Griesb. Us thdav. Both these last two readings are equally tenable, as the letters are not separated in different words in MSS. : CDXA support either reading. Matth. often uses si; as ins = T/?; ch. viii. 19, xix. 6. — ED.
2 A celebrated ecclesiastical historian ; born about A.D. 267 ; became Bishop of Csesarea in Palestine, A.D. 313 or 315 ; and died A.D. 338 or 340. -(I. B.)
3 It is to a wonderful degree profitable to do simply, and without round about methods, whatever the spirit of faith and love teaches; ch. xxvi. 7. —
v.g.
* Our gracious Saviour did not at all censure her on the ground that she neglected to offer a prayer to Him, and as it were stole help from Him. —
v.g.
5 E. V. Thy faith hath made thee whole.— (I. B.)
6 In the original, " qui salutem corporis et anitnse ad se ultro quasi attraxere" — " attraxere" " by their own instrumentality;" " ultro," " of their own accord." See Reff. — (I. B.)