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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:25

A certain woman - See Matthew 9:20 . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:26

Had suffered many things of many physicians, - and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse - No person will wonder at this account, when he considers the therapeutics of the Jewish physicians in reference to hemorrhages, especially of the kind with which this woman was afflicted. Rabbi Jochanan says: "Take of gum Alexandria, of alum, and of crocus hortensis, the weight of a zuzee each; let them be bruised together, and given in wine to the woman that hath an issue of blood. But if this... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:27

Came in the press behind - She had formed her resolution in faith, she executes it, notwithstanding her weakness, etc., with courage; and now she finds it crowned with success. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:31

Thou seest the multitude thronging then, etc. - Many touch Jesus who are not healed by him: the reason is, they do it not by faith, through a sense of their wants, and a conviction of his ability and willingness to save them. Faith conveys the virtue of Christ into the soul, and spiritual health is the immediate consequence of this received virtue. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:33

Fearing and trembling - See Matthew 9:22 . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:34

Be whole of thy plague - Rather, continue whole, not, be whole, for she was already healed: but this contains a promise, necessary to her encouragement, that her disorder should afflict her no more. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:35

Why troublest thou the Master - These people seem to have had no other notion of our Lord than that of an eminent physician, who might be useful while there was life, but afterwards could do nothing. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:36

Jesus - saith - These words were spoken by our Lord to the afflicted father, immediately on his hearing of the death of his child, to prevent that distress which he otherwise must have felt on finding that the case was now, humanly speaking, hopeless. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:38

He cometh - But ερχονται , they come, is the reading of ABCDF, four others, and several versions. Wept and wailed - See on Matthew 9:23 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:40

The father and the mother - Prudence required that they should be present, and be witnesses of the miracle. And them that were with him - That is, Peter, James, and John, Mark 5:37 . It is remarkable that our Lord gave a particular preference to these three disciples, beyond all the rest, on three very important occasions: They were present at the transfiguration. At the raising of Jairus's daughter. At his agony in the garden of Gethsemane. Where the damsel was lying - ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:40

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