You must imagine the crowd drawing back in disgust. You must imagine the religious elites standing rigid in moral indignation. After all, just how many laws has this woman just broken? And, may I remind you who is standing right beside Jesus when this happens: Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, whose little girl was dying at home. What did he think when finally it dawned on him who this woman was? After all, Jairus was the keeper of the gate, a religious ruler, part of the Jewish religious establishment. And here, before him, lying in the dirt and confessing her brazen act of aggressive behavior was a woman who should have been quarantined.