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When Did Jairus’ Daughter Die?

When Did Jairus’ Daughter Die?

Raising of Jairus’ Daughter by Paolo Veronese, 1546

Critics and skeptics claim the gospel of Matthew contradicts the gospels of Mark and Luke about the time of Jairus daughter’s death. They claim Matthew has her dying before he healed “a woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years” (Matthew 9:19 NAB), while Mark and Luke have the girl dying after this healing. So, when did Jairus’ daughter die?

Here is the alleged contradiction:

When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus’ daughter already dead?
(a) Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, “My daughter has just died.”
(b) No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death.”

The accounts in Mark and Luke add an additional detail that clears up the confusion:

“While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ they said. ‘Why bother the teacher anymore?'”—Mark 5:35 NIV; Luke 8:49

When Jairus first mentioned this to Jesus, he was not yet informed of his daughter’s death, as Mark 5:23 and Luke 8:42 indicate. Matthew 9:18 can be translated as indicating the girl was near death, but not yet dead, as follows: read more

Billy Graham Regretted His Involvement in Politics

Billy Graham Regretted His Involvement in Politics

Prominent preacher Billy Graham was involved in politics for much of preaching career, and  confessed his major life regret in an interview late in life. You would think that anyone who had personally known and associated with so many prominent people for so long, including 12 U.S. Presidents, would be proud of such hobnobbing with the political “stars” of the world. But guess what he confessed?

Billy Graham
Evangelist Billy Graham dies at 99

“If I had to do it over again, I would avoid any semblance of involvement in partisan politics.” read more

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