Mark 5:25-28

Mark stressed the desperate condition of the woman by recording details of her history that the other evangelists passed over. Uncharacteristically, Mark described the woman’s plight with a series of seven participles. She was, before she met Jesus, incurable. She had faith in Jesus’ ability to heal her and a belief that she could obtain healing by touching His clothing (cf. Mark 3:10; Mark 6:56). She tried to remain unobtrusive since her condition rendered her and all who contacted her ritually unclean (Leviticus 15:25-27). Perhaps she had come from some distance since no one in the crowd apparently recognized her or objected to her being there.