God’s Word Translation
Mark 5:31
31His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?”
Mark 5:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
- New International Version (NIV)“You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
Context of Mark 5:31
29Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness. 30At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?” 32But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. 33The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth.
Read all of Mark 5Mark 5:31 word by word
Καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· βλέπεις τὸν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντά σε καὶ λέγεις· τίς μου ἥψατο;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Thou seestβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
- the multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
- throngingσυνθλίβωsunthlibō · to push againstG4918
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for Mark 5:31
- Luke 8:45Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” After everyone denied touching him, Peter said, “Teacher, the people are crowding you and pressing against you.”
- Luke 9:12Toward the end of the day, the twelve apostles came to him. They said to him, “Send the crowd to the closest villages and farms so that they can find some food and a place to stay. No one lives around here.”
Commentaries on Mark 5:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Thou 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 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. 24-34As Jesus heads to Jairus's home, followed by a large crowd, Mark introduces a woman in the crowd who suffers from constant bleeding. This condition not only harms her health but also makes her ceremonially unclean. This prevents her from participating in normal community life (see Leviticus 15:25–27). She is an example of the faith that Jairus should have.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. And his disciples said unto him--Luke says (Lu 8:45), "When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master." Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?--"Askest thou, Lord, who touched Thee? Rather ask who touched Thee not in such a throng." "And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched Me"--"a certain person has touched Me"--"for I perceive that virtue is gone out of Me" (Lu 8:46). Yes, the multitude "thronged and…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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