1 Καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γερασηνῶν. 2 καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, εὐθὺς ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ, 3 ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν, καὶ οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι 4 διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πολλάκις πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσιν δεδέσθαι, καὶ διεσπάσθαι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τὰς ἁλύσεις καὶ τὰς πέδας συντετρῖφθαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἴσχυεν αὐτὸν δαμάσαι· 5 καὶ διὰ παντὸς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἦν κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις. 6 καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἔδραμεν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτόν, 7 καὶ κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγει Τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, Ἰησοῦ Υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ Ὑψίστου; ὁρκίζω σε τὸν Θεόν, μή με βασανίσῃς. 8 ἔλεγεν γὰρ αὐτῷ Ἔξελθε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. 9 καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν Τί ὄνομά σοι; καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Λεγιὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν. 10 καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν πολλὰ ἵνα μὴ αὐτὰ ἀποστείλῃ ἔξω τῆς χώρας. 11 ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ πρὸς τῷ ὄρει ἀγέλη χοίρων μεγάλη βοσκομένη· 12 καὶ παρεκάλεσαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες Πέμψον ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, ἵνα εἰς αὐτοὺς εἰσέλθωμεν. 13 καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ὡς δισχίλιοι, καὶ ἐπνίγοντο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ. 14 Καὶ οἱ βόσκοντες αὐτοὺς ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς· καὶ ἦλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστιν τὸ γεγονός. 15 καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ θεωροῦσιν τὸν δαιμονιζόμενον καθήμενον ἱματισμένον καὶ σωφρονοῦντα, τὸν ἐσχηκότα τὸν λεγιῶνα, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν. 16 καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες πῶς ἐγένετο τῷ δαιμονιζομένῳ καὶ περὶ τῶν χοίρων. 17 καὶ ἤρξαντο παρακαλεῖν αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν. 18 καὶ ἐμβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ὁ δαιμονισθεὶς ἵνα μετ’ αὐτοῦ ᾖ. 19 καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ λέγει αὐτῷ Ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου πρὸς τοὺς σούς, καὶ ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅσα ὁ Κύριός σοι πεποίηκεν καὶ ἠλέησέν σε. 20 καὶ ἀπῆλθεν καὶ ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ πάντες ἐθαύμαζον. 21 Καὶ διαπεράσαντος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ πάλιν εἰς τὸ πέραν συνήχθη ὄχλος πολὺς ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ ἦν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. 22 καὶ ἔρχεται εἷς τῶν ἀρχισυναγώγων, ὀνόματι Ἰάειρος, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν πίπτει πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, 23 καὶ παρακαλεῖ αὐτὸν πολλὰ λέγων ὅτι Τὸ θυγάτριόν μου ἐσχάτως ἔχει, ἵνα ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ, ἵνα σωθῇ καὶ ζήσῃ. 24 καὶ ἀπῆλθεν μετ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, καὶ συνέθλιβον αὐτόν. 25 Καὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος δώδεκα ἔτη, 26 καὶ πολλὰ παθοῦσα ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἰατρῶν καὶ δαπανήσασα τὰ παρ’ αὐτῆς πάντα, καὶ μηδὲν ὠφεληθεῖσα ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλθοῦσα, 27 ἀκούσασα τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ· 28 ἔλεγεν γὰρ ὅτι Ἐὰν ἅψωμαι κἂν τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ σωθήσομαι. 29 καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξηράνθη ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔγνω τῷ σώματι ὅτι ἴαται ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγος. 30 καὶ εὐθὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐπιγνοὺς ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν ἐξελθοῦσαν, ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἔλεγεν Τίς μου ἥψατο τῶν ἱματίων; 31 καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Βλέπεις τὸν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντά σε, καὶ λέγεις Τίς μου ἥψατο; 32 καὶ περιεβλέπετο ἰδεῖν τὴν τοῦτο ποιήσασαν. 33 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ φοβηθεῖσα καὶ τρέμουσα, εἰδυῖα ὃ γέγονεν αὐτῇ, ἦλθεν καὶ προσέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. 34 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Θυγάτηρ, ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε· ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ ἴσθι ὑγιὴς ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγός σου. 35 Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἔρχονται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου λέγοντες ὅτι Ἡ θυγάτηρ σου ἀπέθανεν· τί ἔτι σκύλλεις τὸν διδάσκαλον; 36 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς παρακούσας τὸν λόγον λαλούμενον λέγει τῷ ἀρχισυναγώγῳ Μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε. 37 καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν οὐδένα μετ’ αὐτοῦ συνακολουθῆσαι εἰ μὴ τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάνην τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰακώβου. 38 καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου, καὶ θεωρεῖ θόρυβον, καὶ κλαίοντας καὶ ἀλαλάζοντας πολλά, 39 καὶ εἰσελθὼν λέγει αὐτοῖς Τί θορυβεῖσθε καὶ κλαίετε; τὸ παιδίον οὐκ ἀπέθανεν ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. 40 καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ. αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκβαλὼν πάντας παραλαμβάνει τὸν πατέρα τοῦ παιδίου καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τοὺς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσπορεύεται ὅπου ἦν τὸ παιδίον. 41 καὶ κρατήσας τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ παιδίου λέγει αὐτῇ Ταλιθὰ κούμ, ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Τὸ κοράσιον, σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειρε. 42 καὶ εὐθὺς ἀνέστη τὸ κοράσιον καὶ περιεπάτει· ἦν γὰρ ἐτῶν δώδεκα. καὶ ἐξέστησαν εὐθὺς ἐκστάσει μεγάλῃ. 43 καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἵνα μηδεὶς γνοῖ τοῦτο, καὶ εἶπεν δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν.
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Jairus
A synagogue leader who fell at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come heal his daughter, who was raised from death.
Cited in the guide: Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41
Cross references (40)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 8:26–39; Matthew 8:28–34; Mark 4:35
- 2 Mark 1:23; Isaiah 65:4; Mark 5:8; Luke 9:42; Mark 1:26
- 3 Isaiah 65:4; Luke 8:29; Daniel 4:32–33; Mark 9:18–22
- 4 James 3:7–8
- 5 1 Kings 18:28; Job 2:7–8; John 8:44
- 6 James 2:19; Psalm 66:3; Luke 4:41; Psalm 72:9; Acts 16:17
- 7 Matthew 8:29; Acts 16:17; Matthew 26:63; Jude 6; Matthew 4:3
- 8 Acts 16:18; Mark 9:25–26; Mark 1:25
- 9 Luke 8:30; Mark 5:15; Matthew 26:53; Luke 11:21–26; Matthew 12:45
- 10 Mark 3:22; Mark 5:13
- 11 Isaiah 66:3; Leviticus 11:7–8; Deuteronomy 14:8; Matthew 8:30; Luke 8:32
- 12 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Luke 22:31–32; Job 1:10–12; Job 2:5
- 13 Job 2:6; 1 Peter 3:22; 1 Kings 22:22; John 8:44; Matthew 8:32
- 14 Luke 8:34; Matthew 8:33
- 15 Colossians 1:13; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Samuel 6:20–21; Mark 5:9; Isaiah 49:24–25
- 17 Matthew 8:34; Mark 1:24; Luke 8:37; Genesis 26:16; Mark 5:7
- 18 Luke 8:38–39; Philippians 1:23–24; Mark 5:17; Psalm 116:12; Mark 5:7
- 19 Psalm 66:16; John 4:29; Daniel 6:25–27; Daniel 4:1–3; Isaiah 38:9–20
- 20 Matthew 4:25; Mark 7:31
- 21 Matthew 9:1; Mark 4:1; Luke 8:40
- 22 Luke 13:14; Acts 13:15; Acts 18:8; Acts 18:17; Mark 5:35–36
- 23 Luke 13:13; Mark 16:18; Luke 4:40; Acts 28:8; Mark 7:32
- 24 Mark 5:31; Mark 3:9–10; Mark 3:20; Luke 7:6; Luke 8:45
- 25 Leviticus 15:25–27; Luke 8:43–44; Matthew 9:20–22; Leviticus 15:19–20; John 5:5–6
- 26 Jeremiah 30:12–13; Job 13:4; Psalm 108:12; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 51:8
- 27 Acts 19:12; Acts 5:15; Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56; 2 Kings 13:21
- 29 Mark 5:34; Psalm 103:3; Psalm 30:2; Mark 3:10; Psalm 147:3
- 30 Luke 6:19; Luke 8:46; Luke 5:17; 1 Peter 2:9
- 31 Luke 8:45; Luke 9:12
- 33 Luke 8:47; Luke 1:12; Psalm 116:12–14; Psalm 30:2; Luke 1:29
- 34 Luke 8:48; Matthew 9:22; Luke 7:50; Luke 18:42; Mark 5:29
- 35 Luke 8:49; John 11:39; Mark 10:17; Luke 7:6–7; John 5:25
- 36 Luke 8:50; Matthew 9:28–29; John 11:40; Mark 9:23; Romans 4:18–24
- 37 Mark 14:33; Acts 9:40; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 8:51
- 38 Matthew 9:23–24; Luke 8:52–53; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Mark 5:22; Matthew 11:17
- 39 Acts 20:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Daniel 12:2; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
- 40 Nehemiah 2:19; Matthew 7:6; Job 12:4; Luke 16:14; Luke 8:53–54
- 41 Mark 1:31; Luke 7:14–15; John 5:28–29; Luke 8:54–55; John 11:43–44
- 42 Mark 1:27; Acts 3:10–13; Mark 6:51; Mark 4:41; Mark 7:37
- 43 Matthew 8:4; Mark 7:36; Mark 1:43; Matthew 9:30; Luke 8:56
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For after she had been thus afflicted during twelve years, she was healed by the advent of the Saviour, when she had touched the border of His garment; and on this account the Saviour said, "Who touched me?" --teaching his disciples the mystery which had occurred among the Æons, and the healing of that Æon who had been involved in …
And as He is going, it is announced that she is dead; and as though He would now be only wearying Himself in vain, word was brought to her father, "Thy daughter is dead, why weariest thou the Master any further?" But He went on, and said to the father of the damsel, "Be not afraid, only believe." He comes …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
With this view He both walks more leisurely, and discourses more with the woman; that He might give time for the damsel to die, and for those to come, who told of it, and said, "Trouble not the Master." This again surely the evangelist obscurely signifies, when he saith, "While He yet spake, there came from the house certain which …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… as though He would now be only wearying Himself in vain, word was brought to her father, "Thy daughter is dead, why weariest thou the Master any further?" But He went on, and said to the father of the damsel, "Be not afraid, only believe." He comes to the house, and finds the customary funeral obsequies already prepared, and He …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… But He went on, and said to the father of the damsel, "Be not afraid, only believe." He comes to the house, and finds the customary funeral obsequies already prepared, and He says to them, "Weep not, for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth." He spake the truth; she was asleep; asleep, that is, in respect of Him, by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)