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Rev. Shawn Linnell, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair, NE, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Luke 8:40-56. Jesus returns to Capernaum to a waiting crowd and a desperate synagogue ruler named Jairus. His only daughter is dying. He knows Jesus is the only One who can help, so Jairus falls at the Lord’s feet and implores Him to come to his house and help. Jesus goes, though with far less urgency than Jairus surely would have liked. The crowd makes for slow going, but the miracle that Jesus does on the way strengthens Jairus’ faith. A woman secretly comes to touch Jesus; her issue of blood had made her ceremonially unclean and disrupted every aspect of her life. Jesus restores her fully and calls forth her faith by questioning who had touched Him. Not only did this strengthen her faith; it also strengthened Jairus’ faith when he heard that his daughter had died. Jesus calls the child to rise from death, and she does. This serves as a precursor to Jesus’ resurrection to eternal life, the fullness