Mark 5:36

Mark 5:36. But Jesus not heeding, or, overhearing, the word spoken. The correct reading introduces a word, which usually means, to pass by as unheard, not to heed: more rarely, to overhear. In either case, it is a mark of accuracy in this account. The message was addressed to the ruler, not to our Lord. Either He did not heed it, though He heard it; or He heard it, when it was not addressed to Him, the former seems preferable.

Be not afraid, only believe. Luke adds: ‘and she shall be made whole.' The delay seemed fatal, was in itself a trial to the faith of Jairus, especially now that the crisis had come. Yet what had just happened, for the message came ‘while He was speaking' (Mark 5:35, would encourage Jairus, especially as faith had been exalted in the miracle which the ruler himself witnessed.