{
  "id": "dict_004770",
  "term": "Raising Jairus's daughter",
  "slug": "raising-jairuss-daughter",
  "letter": "R",
  "entry_type": "biblical_event",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "The raising of Jairus’s daughter is a Gospel miracle in which Jesus restored a synagogue ruler’s daughter to life, displaying his authority over death and his call to faith.",
  "simple_one_line": "Jesus raised Jairus’s daughter from the dead in a sign of his life-giving power.",
  "tooltip_text": "A miracle recorded in the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus brings Jairus’s daughter back to life.",
  "aliases": [
    "Resurrection of Jairus's daughter"
  ],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Jesus' miracles",
    "Resurrection",
    "Faith",
    "Healing of the woman with the issue of blood",
    "Synoptic Gospels"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Jairus",
    "Raising of Lazarus",
    "Resurrection of Jesus",
    "Power over death"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "The raising of Jairus’s daughter is one of the best-known miracles in the Gospels. When Jairus, a synagogue ruler, pleaded with Jesus for help, Jesus went to his house and restored the child to life, revealing his compassion, authority, and power over death.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A miracle of Jesus in which he brought Jairus’s daughter back to life.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Recorded in Matthew, Mark, and Luke",
    "Shows Jesus’ authority over death",
    "Joined with a call to faith, not fear",
    "A historical miracle in Jesus’ earthly ministry"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "The raising of Jairus’s daughter is one of Jesus’ miracles in the Synoptic Gospels. Jairus asked Jesus to help his dying daughter, and after news came that she had died, Jesus entered the house and restored her to life. The account highlights Jesus’ compassion, his authority over death, and the importance of trusting him.",
  "description_academic_full": "The raising of Jairus’s daughter is the Gospel account in which Jesus brought back to life the young daughter of Jairus, a synagogue ruler. The narrative appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, with Mark and Luke giving fuller detail. After Jairus pleaded for help, word came that the girl had died, but Jesus encouraged faith, entered the house with a small group of witnesses, and commanded the child to rise. The miracle presents Jesus’ divine authority and compassionate power over sickness and death. It is a historical event in Jesus’ earthly ministry and a sign of the life-giving power found in him, while not implying that every death is reversed immediately in this age.",
  "background_biblical_context": "The miracle belongs to a cluster of signs in the Synoptic Gospels that reveal Jesus’ identity and authority. It is set beside the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, emphasizing faith in Jesus even in desperate circumstances.",
  "background_historical_context": "Jairus is described as a synagogue ruler, a respected local Jewish leader responsible for synagogue affairs. His appeal to Jesus shows both desperation and confidence that Jesus could help in a situation beyond ordinary human power.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In first-century Jewish life, death marked a severe boundary between human weakness and God’s power. Jesus’ restoration of the girl to life would have been understood as an unmistakable display of divine authority rather than a minor healing.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Matthew 9:18–26",
    "Mark 5:21–43",
    "Luke 8:40–56"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Mark 5:35–43",
    "Luke 8:49–56"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The accounts are written in Greek and use ordinary resurrection language to describe Jesus’ command that the girl rise. The emphasis is on Jesus’ spoken authority and the reversal of death.",
  "theological_significance": "This miracle shows that Jesus has authority over death itself, anticipates the greater resurrection hope found in the Gospel, and confirms that faith in Christ rests on his power, compassion, and lordship.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "The event confronts the finality of death from a biblical perspective: life is not ultimately closed to the Creator’s word. Jesus’ command demonstrates that reality itself answers to divine authority.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "This passage should be read as a specific historical miracle, not as a promise that every believer will be raised immediately in the present age. It should also not be reduced to a mere symbol; the narrative presents an actual act of restoration.",
  "major_views_note": "Christian interpreters generally understand the account as a literal miracle. Differences arise mainly over harmonization of the Gospel details, not over the basic meaning of the event.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "The account supports belief in Jesus’ divine authority and the future resurrection, but it does not teach that believers will never experience death before the final resurrection. Any application should remain within the limits of the text.",
  "practical_significance": "The passage encourages faith in Christ when hope seems lost, reassures believers that death is not ultimate, and calls readers to trust Jesus in situations beyond human help.",
  "meta_description": "The raising of Jairus’s daughter is a Gospel miracle in which Jesus restored a synagogue ruler’s daughter to life, showing his authority over death.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/raising-jairuss-daughter/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/raising-jairuss-daughter.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}