S3 Ep. 5: Clean, Pt. 2

This episode masterfully intertwines two of Jesus's most powerful miracles with a story of deep personal tragedy. The narrative is driven by the urgent plea of Jairus, a synagogue leader, whose young daughter is on the verge of death. As Jesus follows him through a chaotic crowd, the story is suddenly interrupted.

A woman named Veronica, who has been suffering from a bleeding condition for twelve years and is a social and religious outcast, desperately pushes through the crowd. Believing she can be healed by just a touch, she reaches out and grabs the hem of Jesus's garment. She is healed instantly. Instead of moving on, Jesus stops the entire procession to identify her, publicly affirming her faith and restoring her dignity by calling her "Daughter."

Despite the delay and the news that Jairus's daughter has now died, Jesus proceeds to the house. There, he dismisses the mourners, takes the girl by the hand, and raises her from the dead with the tender Aramaic words, "Talitha Koum" ("Little girl, arise").

The episode also features Jesus teaching the parable of new wine in old wineskins to explain how his new way cannot be contained by old, rigid structures.

Direct Scriptural Accounts

• Mark 5:21-43; Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56: These three parallel passages contain the intertwined stories of the woman with the issue of blood and the raising of Jairus's daughter. The show draws heavily from these accounts, especially Mark's, which is the most detailed and includes the Aramaic phrase "Talitha Koum."

• Mark 2:21-22; Matthew 9:16-17; Luke 5:36-39: These passages contain Jesus's parable of the new wine in old wineskins and the new patch on an old garment, which he uses to explain that his new covenant requires a new way of life and cannot be confined to old religious traditions.

Theological Context

• Leviticus 15: This chapter of the Old Testament outlines the purity laws regarding bodily discharges. These laws are the reason the woman with the issue of blood was considered ceremonially "unclean" and was a social outcast, making her desperate act of touching Jesus in a crowd so courageous and shocking.