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Jairus is shown on horseback along a sunlit road as servants from his household rush out with raised hands, bringing urgent news about his daughter. The scene reflects the Gospel moment when messengers came from Jairus’s house saying the child had died, while Jesus answered the crisis with the command, “Do not fear; only believe.” The composition centers on the tension between human despair and divine authority: a father caught between sorrow and faith, servants bearing dreadful news, and the unseen promise of Christ’s power over death. This artwork connects directly to the raising of Jairus’s daughter, a testimony that Jesus is not delayed by tragedy and that faith is called to endure even when hope appears lost.