Mark 5:26

Mark 5:26

24 So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.

25 Now a certain woman ^ahad a flow of blood for twelve years,

26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and ^atouched His garment.

28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the¹ affliction.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that ^apower had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

33 But the woman, ^afearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

34 And He said to her, “Daughter, ^ayour faith has made you well. ^bGo in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

35 ^aWhile He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”

36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only ^abelieve.”

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Had suffered many things of many physicians (polla paqousa upo pollwn iatrwn). A pathetic picture of a woman with a chronic case who had tried doctor after doctor.

Had spent all that she had (dapanhsasa ta par authv panta). Having spent the all from herself, all her resources. For the idiom with para see Luke 10:7; Philippians 4:18. The tragedy of it was that she "was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse" (mhden wfelhqeisa alla mallon eiv to xeiron elqousa). Her money was gone, her disease was gaining on her, her one chance came now with Jesus. Matthew says nothing about her experience with the doctors and Luke 8:43 merely says that she "had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed of any," a plain chronic case. Luke the physician neatly takes care of the physicians. But they were not to blame. She had a disease that they did not know how to cure. Vincent quotes a prescription for an issue of blood as given in the Talmud which gives one a most grateful feeling that he is not under the care of doctors of that nature. The only parallel today is Chinese medicine of the old sort before modern medical schools came.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 5:26:**

Luke 8:43
2 Corinthians 12:15

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