Mark 5:25–34
A sick woman touches Jesus' cloak and is healed
Study it word by word25And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26and who had suffered much under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, and had not been helped at all, but rather had grown worse,
27having heard about Jesus, came in the crowd from behind and touched his cloak;
28for she was saying, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”
29And at once the source of her bleeding dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
30And at once Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched my garments?”
31And his disciples were saying to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
32And he was looking around to see the woman who had done this.
33But the woman, afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
34And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
In its context
23and begs him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”
24And he went away with him. And a large crowd was following him and pressing in on him.
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35While he was still speaking, people come from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher any further?”
36But Jesus, ignoring the word being spoken, says to the synagogue leader, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”
Its words in the original
- γυνὴgynē· woman, wife
Woman; with a possessive, wife.
- οὖσαousa· be
Be, exist.
- ῥύσειrhysei· flow
Flow, discharge (of blood).
- αἵματοςhaimatos· blood
Blood; also life poured out.
- δώδεκαdōdeka· twelve
Twelve.
- ἔτηetē· year
Year.
- πολλὰpolla· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- παθοῦσαpathousa· suffer
Suffer, undergo.
- ἰατρῶνiatrōn· physician
Physician, doctor.
- δαπανήσασαdapanēsasa· spend
Spend; spend freely, use up.
- μηδὲνmēden· no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
- ὠφεληθεῖσαōphelētheisa· help, benefit
Help, be of use.
- μᾶλλονmallon· more, rather
More, rather.
- χεῖρονcheiron· worse
Worse.
- ἐλθοῦσαelthousa· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ἀκούσασαakousasa· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ὄχλῳochlōi· crowd
Crowd, throng; the people.
- ὄπισθενopisthen· behind
Behind, from behind.
- ἥψατοhēpsato· touch, hold
Touch, take hold of, cling to; in the active, light (a fire).
- ἱματίουhimatiou· cloak, clothes
Cloak, the outer garment; in the plural, clothes.
- ἔλεγενelegen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- κἂνkan· even if
Even if, and if; even.
- σωθήσομαιsōthēsomai· save
Save, rescue from danger or death; also heal from an illness.
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- ἐξηράνθηexēranthē· dry up, wither
Dry up, wither.
- πηγὴpēgē· spring, well
Spring, fountain, well.
- ἔγνωegnō· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- σώματιsōmati· body
Body.
- ἴαταιiatai· heal
Heal, cure.
- μάστιγοςmastigos· whip, affliction
Whip, scourging; also a painful disease.
- ἐπιγνοὺςepignous· recognize, know
Recognize, come to know well; perceive.
- δύναμινdynamin· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- ἐξελθοῦσανexelthousan· go out
Go out, come out.
- ἐπιστραφεὶςepistrapheis· turn around
Turn, turn around; turn back (to God).
- μαθηταὶmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- ΒλέπειςBlepeis· see, look
See, look; watch out.
- συνθλίβοντάsynthlibonta· press around
Crowd in on, press on every side.
- περιεβλέπετοperieblepeto· look around
Look around.
- ἰδεῖνidein· see
See, look; notice.
- ποιήσασανpoiēsasan· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- φοβηθεῖσαphobētheisa· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- τρέμουσαtremousa· tremble
Tremble.
- εἰδυῖαeiduia· know
Know, understand; also see.
- γέγονενgegonen· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- προσέπεσενprosepesen· fall before
Fall down before someone; also beat against something.
- ἀλήθειανalētheian· truth
Truth.
- ΘυγάτηρThygatēr· daughter
Daughter.
- πίστιςpistis· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- ὕπαγεhypage· go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
- εἰρήνηνeirēnēn· peace
Peace: the wholeness and well-being God gives; as a greeting, "peace to you".
- ὑγιὴςhygiēs· healthy, well
Healthy, well, sound.