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Mark 5

Mark 5:30

The Healing Touch of Jesus · Mark 5:21–43
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Translations

Modern
At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”
Traditional
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
Literal
And immediately Jesus, having known in Himself the power having gone out of Him, having turned in the crowd, said, “Who touched My garments?”
Latin
Et statim Jesus in semetipso cognoscens virtutem quæ exierat de illo, conversus ad turbam, aiebat: Quis tetigit vestimenta mea?

Original

Greek
English
At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”

Notes

Mark 5:24–34

As Jesus heads to Jairus's home, followed by a large crowd, Mark introduces a woman in the crowd who suffers from constant bleeding. This condition not only harms her health but also makes her ceremonially unclean. This prevents her from participating in normal community life (see Leviticus 15:25–27). She is an example of the faith that Jairus should have.

Mark 5:21–43

Two healing miracles are connected by the need for faith (5:34, 36). The story of Jairus’s daughter begins, then the account of the woman with constant bleeding comes in the middle (5:25–34), and then the story of Jairus’s daughter continues. This pattern places the two stories together and connects them (see Mark Book Introduction, “Literary Features”). During the delay caused by the woman’s healing, Jairus’s daughter died (5:35–43).

Mark 4:35–5:43

The three miracle stories in this section are connected by:

  • a shared location (the Sea of Galilee),

  • the presence of the disciples,

  • the use of a boat, and

  • a common theme, "Who is this" (4:41).

Theme notes and profiles

Elisha

Events

Parallels

Matthew 9:18–26 Luke 8:40–56

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Blood, Flow of Heal, Healing Hemorrhage Jairus Mark, Gospel of Miracle Ruler of the Synagogue

Topics

Jairus: Daughter of, Restored to Life Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of Heals the Woman with the Issue of Blood Jesus, the Christ: Omniscience of Jesus, the Christ: Raises to Life the Daughter of Jairus Miracles of Jesus, in Chronological Order: Cures the Woman with the Issue of Blood Sickness: Christ Healed: Through the Touch of his Garment