Two stories twist into each other here. One is of the terminally ill young daughter of an important local official. The other of a woman in great need, hidden within the crowd. Jesus pauses from the former to heal the
Two daughters
On the far shore, Jesus met a man who fell before him and pleaded with him. Now he meets the same back in Judea. However, this next troubled man is very different: a respectable leader from the local synagogue who