(New International Version) and tell them what God has done for him. The man then travels over the Decapolis telling people the story. Protestant theologian Heinrich Meyer suggests that "he was to abide in his native place as a witness and proclaimer of the marvellous deliverance, that he had experienced from God through Jesus, and in this way to serve the work of Christ". Anglican biblical scholar Christopher Tuckett argues that "a number of details and inconsistencies within the present narrative suggest that Mark may be combining more than one tradition here into a single story": verse 2 has the man "immediately" meet him as Jesus has come out of the boat, whereas verse 6 says that "when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him" verse 8 interrupts a dialogue which otherwise appears to flow from verse 7 to verse 9 verse 15 seems odd after verse 14, since the latter presupposes a considerable time lapse. This story also occurs in Matthew , where there are two possessed men, and in Luke . Jairus' daughter and the woman who touched Jesus' garment On the other side of the lake Jesus is met by a man named Jairus, a Synagogue Ruler (a rich patron of the local house of worship), who begs Jesus to heal his sick, twelve-year-old daughter. Jesus takes only Peter, James, and John. This story does not occur in the Gospel of John. On the way there, a woman who suffers from chronic "bleeding", perhaps menorrhagia or bleeding from fibroids. She sneaks up to Jesus and touches his garment, according to and (see also , Mark 6#Healing of the sick of Gennesaret) the "fringe of his cloak" ( - NRSV), by which she is healed. He turns to see who and she fearfully confesses. He says "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." Men arrive and tell Jairus that his daughter is dead. Jesus brushes them off and says "Don't be afraid; just believe." They arrive at the house and everyone is crying loudly. Jesus assures everyone she is not dead, just asleep, goes inside and says to her Talitha kum, telling her to get up, and she does. Unlike his advice about the demon-possessed man, he tells them not to tell people of these events. This account also appears in Matthew 9:18-26 and Luke 8:40-56. Luke