Following the deliverance of the demoniacs, Jesus and his disciples got back in the boat and returned to Capernaum. Obviously, it didn’t take as long as the previous evening in the storm, but surely it was afternoon when they got home.

Upon their arrival, they were met by a crowd seeking Jesus. In the crowd was a synagogue dignitary, whose daughter was dying. Though fatigue must have been heavy, Jesus agreed to go to heal her.

Enroute, a shy but desperate women sought healing by touching him. It appears that Jesus was unaware of her touch, but only aware of the release of power to heal her. In fact, Luke records that he asked those near him and everyone denied it. Eventually, the woman came forward and confessed.

Jesus not knowing something gives some a concern, but he never used his divine power, but did what he did by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thus, as truly man, there were things he didn’t know until they were revealed to him.

Continuing the story, the child of the synagogue leader was raised from the dead. Mark and Luke then mention a small fact, that the girl is twelve—the same period that the woman had suffered from vaginal bleeding. Is this just an irrelevant fact of the events, or something significant? Extended vaginal bleeding not only threatened a woman’s health, but cut her off socially from all contact. As long as that continued, she was unclean. Also, any dead body, like Jairus’ daughter, was unclean.

Perhaps the writers were inspired to record that they shared these twelve years under very different circumstance, Jesus is the solution—even to death.

What shall we do with the different placement of these miracles by the Gospel writers. It seems Mark and Luke have the correct order. The literal Greek of Matthew 9:18, says, "These things him speaking." This could also be translated as "As he taught" which would be a general introduction, rather than a link to the previous parable.