"22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came...35 While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”
I never noticed that the father of the dead girl is a ruler of the synagogue. I'm not sure what it means, but he seems to be in a high position, perhaps even a Pharisee? Either way, he's a Jew at a high position who believes in Jesus. Even Jesus had compassion on him when others told him to give up. Jesus told him, "Do not be afraid, only believe." Then Jesus went to his house. However, nothing was recorded later as far as what happened with this ruler and if that had anything to do with Jesus telling them to not tell anyone what happened. Apparently he had no influence in speaking about the great deeds of Jesus and how He saved his daughter, because Jesus was later crucified. But does that have to do with because Jesus told him not to speak of the incident? Even then, those who were present and those who knew the daughter was dead should later know that she resurrected after Jesus came to the house. It would definitely be interesting to know the inside story to this incident, but I guess it is not meant for us to know.
I was thinking that being a ruler in the synogogue, the man can influence others to believe in Jesus. But it does not make sense that Jesus stopped him from doing that by telling him not to tell anyone about what happened. What could Jesus' reason be behind this? Any thoughts?
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The only thought I have, is that Jesus wanted to prevent, that the people make him king or something like that.
(John6:15
Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.)
I think that Jesus' miracle, in which he resurrects the girl, is equal or even greater than feeding 5000 people. (I mean, both are awesome, but it depends on how the people at that time thought or which impressed them more)
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