New Testament 138

Last updated on: April 18, 2015 at 1:03 pm

April 18, 2015 by Dan Peterson

Aerial view of Capernaum — The ruins of Capernaum as they appear today. The entrance is past the large Franciscan residence, from the right. The ancient synagogue, in white stone, sits before the large covering of the Franciscan church built above the likely foundations of the house of the apostle Peter.
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These passages are interesting, structurally, because of the way in which they enclose an account of the healing of a woman with a hemorrhage (which I’ve already briefly discussed here) within the story of the healing of the daughter of Jairus.

Very nearly four years ago, I published a column in the Deseret News on Carl Bloch’s wonderful painting of the moment just before Jesus raised the little girl from the dead:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705372035/Artist-memorably-captured-moment-before-Saviors-miracle.html?pg=all

That painting can be seen — and should be seen! — here:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-daughter-of-jairus-carl-bloch.html