This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue. That information is provided beneath the specific reading the words are contained in.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Reading I
God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the world are wholesome, and there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of the netherworld on earth, for justice is undying.
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For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who belong to his company experience it.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13
R. (2a) I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld; you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
praise, extol =רוּם = rûm
to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted; to lift up; exalt; set on high; hold up; raise, rear, cause to grow
rescued, drew me clear = דָּלָה = dālâ
drawing out water; to deliver:—draw (out); lift up
brought me up = עָלָה= ʿālâ
to go up, ascend, climb; to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away; to be carried away, be led up; lift (self) up; perfect; recover; restore;from low place to high; go up after; bring up persons; cause to ascend; go from a lower region to a higher; to increase, to become strong; to be elevated
preserved = חָיָה= ḥāyâ
to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health; to revive; refresh; restore to health; nourish up; recover; be whole; perfect; continue in life;preserve alive, let live; the original idea of this word is breathing; to continue safe and sound; to recover health, be healed; to vivify; to make alive; grant or restore life.
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing.
good will = רָצוֹן= rāṣôn
pleasure, delight, favour, acceptance; satisfaction
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me; O LORD, be my helper.
You changed my mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
helper = עָזַר=ʿāzar
to help, succour, support; protect or aid;
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
Reading II
Brothers and sisters:
As you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also.
faith = πίστις = pistis
firm persuasion, a conviction; trust; an assurance; the main element in "faith" in its relation to the invisible God, as distinct from "faith" in man; trust and holy fervor; a strong and welcome conviction; belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence); the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things; a power that seizes upon the soul; fidelity, faithfulness
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Trust; persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance; credit
gracious = χάρις = charis
Beneficial, beneficent; that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness; good will, loving-kindness, favour; liberality; kindness which bestows upon one what he has not deserved; favors even upon the ill-deserving; merciful kindness; aid or succor
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
kindness, goodwill, for or towards one; partiality, favour; boon;
Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament
that property in a thing which causes it to give joy; the favour and grace and goodness of man to man, to setting forth the favour, grace and goodness of God to man, and thus, of necessity, of the worthy to the unworthy, of the holy to the sinful; it is conferred freely, with no expectation of return, and finding its only motive in the bounty and free-heartedness of the giver
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For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
Gracious, see above
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Not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time should supply their needs, so that their abundance may also supply your needs, that there may be equality. As it is written: Whoever had much did not have more, and whoever had little did not have less.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.
One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live.”
pleaded = παρακαλέω = parakaleō
Beseech; denotes "to call to one's side," hence, "to call to one's aid;" exhort, urge; summon; to beg, entreat; call for; pray
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
call in, send for, summon; invoke; call upon; demand, require
earnestly = πολύς = polys
Great, much, many, great; Oft, Often, Oftener, Oftentimes; plenteous; numerous, abundant; strong, intense; long; in many ways, with many words; many times, often, repeatedly
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Many; frequent; long; very much; Intensity, much, mighty; strong necessity; with full stream; for a long time; in no small degree
He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped, but only grew worse.
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
came = ἔρχομαι = erchomai
to come from one place to another; to go, follow
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Start, set out;go; come to, arrive at; depend upon or be concerned with
Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?” But his disciples said to Jesus, “You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
And he looked around to see who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.”
While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?” Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.”
afraid = φοβέω = phobeō
Be afraid; to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away); to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm; to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm); to be alarmed; to fear one, be afraid of one
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
put to flight;terrify, alarm; to frighten; to be seized with fear, be affrighted; fear to do, be afraid of doing
believe = πιστεύω = pisteuō
to be persuaded of, and hence, to place confidence in, to trust, signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence; to entrust, commit to; to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in; to credit; the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul; mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith; put in trust with; a conviction, full of joyful trust ...conjoined with obedience; to have a faith directed unto, believing or in faith to give oneself up to
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
trust, put faith in, rely on; entertain a confident opinion; comply; believe that, feel confident that a thing is, will be, has been; have faith; entrust
He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. So he went in and said to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out.
He took along the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was. He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around.
At that they were utterly astounded. He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.
Additional explorations of this passage can be found at: What We Can Learn from Jairus: Collected
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living
he fashioned all things that they might have being
the creatures of the world are wholesome
God formed man to be imperishable
the image of his own nature he made him
you have rescued me.
you drew me clear
did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
you brought me up
you preserved me
you have rescued me
his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will.
you have rescued me
You changed my mourning into dancing
you have rescued me
the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich
Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death
brought life to light through the Gospel
He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him
power had gone out from him
your faith has saved you
Go in peace and be cured of your affliction
He took the child by the hand
What these readings tell us to do:
praise [God]
extol[God]
praise [God]
Sing praise to the LORD
[be] faithful
give thanks to his holy name.
praise [God]
forever will I give you thanks.
I will praise [God]
excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness
[do] gracious act[s]
your abundance at the present time should supply their needs
there may be equality
fell at [Jesus’] feet and pleaded earnestly with him
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak
She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth
just have faith
What these readings tell us not to do:
envy
be afraid
