New Living Translation
Mark 5:26
26She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
Mark 5:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
- New International Version (NIV)She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.
Context of Mark 5:26
24Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. 25A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. 27She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. 28For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
Read all of Mark 5Mark 5:26 word by word
καὶ πολλὰ παθοῦσα ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἰατρῶν καὶ δαπανήσασα τὰ παρ᾽ αὐτῆς πάντα καὶ μηδὲν ὠφεληθεῖσα ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλθοῦσα,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- had sufferedπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
- many thingsπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
- physiciansἰατρόςiatros · physicianG2395
- had spentδαπανάωdapanaō · to spendG1159
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- sheἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- hadπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- wasὠφελέωōpheleō · to helpG5623
- nothingμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
- ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
- grewἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- worseχείρωνcheirōn · worse thanG5501
Cross-references for Mark 5:26
- Job 13:4As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:12This is what the Lord says: “Your injury is incurable— a terrible wound.
- Jeremiah 51:8But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed.
- Psalms 108:12Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.
Commentaries on Mark 5:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Had 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…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. 2626. And had suffered many things of many physicians--The expression perhaps does not necessarily refer to the suffering she endured under medical treatment, but to the much varied treatment which she underwent. and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse--pitiable case, and affectingly aggravated; emblem of our natural state as fallen creatures (Eze 16:5, 6), and illustrating the worse than vanity of all human remedies…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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