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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 5:21-34

The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (Mark 5:21), and there much people gathered to him. Note, If there be some that reject Christ, yet there are others that receive him, and bid him welcome. A despised gospel will cross the water, and go where it will have better entertainment. Now among the many that applied themselves to him, I. Here is one, that comes openly to beg a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:25-39

5:25-39 Now there was a woman who was suffering from a haemorrhage which had lasted for twelve years. She had gone through many things at the hands of many doctors; she had spent everything she had; and it had not helped her at all. Indeed she rather got worse and worse. When she heard the stories about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd, and she touched his robe, for she said, "If I touch even his clothes I will be cured." And immediately the fountain of her blood was staunched, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:30-34

5:30-34 Jesus was well aware in himself that the power which issued from him had gone out of him; and immediately, in the middle of the crowd, he turned and said: "Who touched my clothes?" The disciples said to him: "Look at the crowd that are crushing you on every side--what's the point of saying, 'Who touched me?'" He kept looking all round to see who had done this. The woman was terrified and trembling. She knew well what had happened to her. She came and threw herself down before him, and... 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 5:34

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:21-34

Ministries broken in upon. Seldom do we find Christ going straight through with a course of teaching or work. Interruptions constantly occurring; many ministries making up the one great ministry. The more intimate connection of Mark 5:21 is given in Matthew 9:18 ("while he yet spake these things"). Not that Matthew means that Christ was still at table, nor that Mark's order is wrong. The feast of Matthew ( Mark 2:15 ) is not stated by Mark to have taken place in immediate succession... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:21-43

The maiden's spirit recalled. This narrative is a striking example of intercession, and of its appreciation and reward by the Lord Jesus. The suppliant, Jairus, pleaded for his daughter, and he did not plead in vain. Jesus wrought upon his behalf one of the three miracles of raising from the dead which have been recorded by the evangelists. I. MAN IS TROUBLED , AND JESUS IS COMPASSIONATE . The distress of a father's heart, when his child lies at the point of death, is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:21-43

Jairus's daughter; or, the uses of bereavement. I. DISCOVERING THE NEED OF A SAVIOUR . II. PERFECTING THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE BEREAVED . II. REVEALING THE INFINITE MERCY , SYMPATHY , AND POWER OF CHRIST .—M. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:21-43

Jarius's daughter; or, the course of a true faith. I. ORIGINATED BY MANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVIDENT AND OBSCURE . The general ministry of Christ, Perhaps Jairus had been a witness of the centurion's faith. II. CALLED INTO EXERCISE BY GREAT AFFLICTION AND NEED . III. TRIUMPHING OVER DIFFICULTIES . IV. REWARDED BY INEFFABLE ANSWERS AND CONFIRMATIONS .—M. read more

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