Desperate

21And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore. 22Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet 23And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.

Jairus was the elected ruler of the local synagogue. He was responsible for supervising worship, running the weekly school, and caring for the building. Many synagogue rulers had close ties to the Pharisees. It is likely, therefore, that some synagogue rulers had been pressured not to support Jesus. For Jairus to bow before Jesus was a significant and desperate daring act of respect and worship—Life Application Bible Notes

He was so desperate that he begged with all his heart that Jesus would come and lay hands on his daughter.

He was Desperate!!!!!

His daughter was dying

Desperate people do desperate things.

4And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him [8]from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him]. 25And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26And who had endured much [9]suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse. 27She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, 28For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health. 29And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [[10]suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [[11]distressing] ailment. 30And Jesus, recognizing in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around immediately in the crowd and said, Who touched My clothes? 31And the disciples kept saying to Him, You see the crowd pressing hard around You [12]from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me? 32Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had been done for her, though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your [13]trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in [14](into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [[15]distressing bodily] disease. 35While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler's house, who said [to Jairus], Your daughter has died. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further? 36[16]Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing. 37And He permitted no one to accompany Him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He [17]looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly. 39And when He had gone in, He said to them, Why do you make an uproar and weep? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping. 40And they laughed and [18]jeered at Him. But He put them all out, and, taking the child's father and mother and those who were with Him, He went in where the little girl was lying. 41Gripping her [firmly] by the hand, He said to her, Talitha cumi--which translated is, Little girl, I say to you, arise [[19]from the sleep of death]! 42And instantly the girl got up and started walking around--for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement. 43And He strictly commanded and warned them that no one should know this, and He [[20]expressly] told them to give her [something] to eat.