Raising of Jairus' Daughter (Discussion Questions)

Mark 5:22-24, 35-43

• What was Jairus’ occupation?
•  What did Jairus ask Jesus to do?
•  How old is the girl?
• What did a servant tell Jairus?
• What did Jesus tell Jairus?
• What was the scene when Jesus arrived at Jairus’ home?
• What are professional mourners? [people called to cry and wail for
  the person who died]
• Did Jesus have any authority to put them out? [Not unless or until they
  weren’t doing their job properly.]
• What did Jesus say to the mourners that caused them to lose their  jobs? [She is not dead but sleeps]
• Why would they lose their jobs over what Jesus said? [they laughed at
  him and you don’t laugh at a funeral, so then Jesus could put them
  out.]
• Why did Jesus have to put everyone out of the house?
• What did Jesus say to the girl?
• What did Jesus request the family to do when he presented her alive?
• Why wasn’t Jesus concerned that the girl had died?