Luke 8

41 And behold, a man who was named*Literally "to whom the name" Jairus came, and this man was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at the feet of Jesus and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("fell down") has been translated as a finite verb began imploring**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began imploring") him to come to his house, 42 because he had*Literally "there was to him" an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying.

Now as he was going, the crowds were pressing against him.