English Standard Version
Mark 5:27
27She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
Mark 5:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
- New International Version (NIV)When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
- New King James Version (NKJV)When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.
- New Living Translation (NLT)She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.
Context of Mark 5:27
25And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well." 29And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
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ἀκούσασα περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When she had heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the pressὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
- behindὄπισθενopisthen · afterG3693
- and touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- garmentἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
Cross-references for Mark 5:27
- Mark 6:56And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
- 2 Kings 13:21And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
- Matthew 14:36and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
- Acts 5:15so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
- Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
Commentaries on Mark 5:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Came 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 the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-43Verses 22-43 See the account of the raising of Jairus‘ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26. Mark 5:23 Lieth at the point of death - Is dying; in the last agonies. Mark 5:26 Had suffered many things - Had resorted to many things painful, by the direction of the physicians, in order to be healed. Mark 5:27 Came in the press behind - In the crowd that pressed upon him. This was done…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-34Verses 21-34 A despised gospel will go where it will be better received. One of the rulers of a synagogue earnestly besought Christ for a little daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. Another cure was wrought by the way. We should do good, not only when in the house, but when we walk by the way, De 6:7. It is common with people not to apply to Christ till they have tried in vain all other helpers, and find them, as certainly they will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29The woman's faith led her to believe that touching the clothing that Jesus was wearing would heal her, and it happened right away (5:34).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. When she had heard of Jesus, came--This was the right experiment at last. What had she "heard of Jesus?" No doubt it was His marvellous cures she had heard of; and the hearing of these, in connection with her bitter experience of the vanity of applying to any other, had been blessed to the kindling in her soul of a firm confidence that He who had so willingly wrought such cures on others was able and would not refuse to heal her also. in the press…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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