Mark 5:25-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:32

And he looked round about ,.... The press and throng of people, on every side of him; though he knew very well where she stood, who had done the thing, and had received the cure: to see her that had done this thing ; how she looked, and whether her countenance, and the confusion she was thrown into by the question, would not betray her; though he himself wanted no such signs, by which to discover her. Christ, as God, being omniscient, knew who she was, and where she was; and, as man, did... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:33

But the woman fearing and trembling ,.... Lest she should be reproved, and suffer the penalties of the law, for appearing in public during the time of her uncleanness, Leviticus 15:25 , or that Christ was displeased with her, for her taking an improper method to obtain her cure; or lest he should recall it, or was angry with her for concealing it, and attempting to go away undiscovered, and without so much as thanking him for it. After conversion, after souls have laid hold on Christ for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:34

And he said unto her, daughter ,.... Instead of reproving her, or showing any anger, or resentment at her, as she feared, he speaks to her in a very soft, kind, and tender manner, and called her "daughter", which was not only an expression of affection and civility, this being an affable, courteous way of speaking used by the Jews; but might signify her spiritual relation through him, being a child of God by adopting grace. She was a daughter of Abraham by natural descent, as was the woman... read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

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

Adam Clarke

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:34

Verse 34 Mark 5:34.Go in peace, and be delivered from thy scourge. From this exhortation we infer that the benefit which she had obtained was fully ratified, when she heard from the lips of Christ what she had already learned from experience: for we do not truly, or with a safe conscience, enjoy God’s benefits in any other way than by possessing them as contained in the treasury of his promises. read more

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