Chapter # 5 Paragraph # 2 Study # 6
March 22, 2021
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
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1901 ASV
26 and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I touch but his garments, I shall be made whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.
30 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power [proceeding] from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's [house] saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further?
36 But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and [many] weeping and wailing greatly.
39 And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.
41 And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.
42 And straightway the damsel rose up, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straightway with a great amazement.
43 And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that [something] should be given her to eat.
- I. Mark's Story Within a Story.
- A. The intentional woman within the crowd.
- B. Indications of her intentions.
- 1. The woman's condition: complete human hopelessness.
- a. In the larger picture, this woman is the "down" side of repentance: the valleys of despair.
- b. She, having suffered many things "under" many physicians...
- 1) This phrase is used in three texts by Mark: 5:26; 8:31; and 9:12. This is deliberate, but what is the "point"?
- 2) In 9:12 Jesus' question has much to do with the "unexpectedness" of Messianic suffering in the theology of the disciples. Clearly, the Messianic concept of Israel did not willingly include "suffering", though the Jews did have a "Messiah ben Joseph" concept in their misunderstanding of the Scriptures. It ran across the grain of the Jews that God would subject people to "suffering" for reasons other than their "just desserts". They had no real grasp of their own "purgatorial theology" wherein "evil was purged" from their hearts by being subjected to "sufferings". This "purging" benefit is taught in the New Testament by Paul in Romans 5:3-4 (et. al.), by James in 1:3-4, by Peter in 1 Peter 5:10 (et. al.) [Peter is the majority user of the verb here involved], and by Hebrews 5:8 as it applied to Jesus, the Son.
- 3) The 8:31 text is the first of three times Jesus told His disciples (including 9:31 and 10:34) that He was to be harshly treated in Jerusalem and be put to death and rise on the third day. In 8:31 He "must suffer many things and be rejected ... and killed ... and after three days rise again". In 9:31 He "is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and ... He will rise three days later", and in 10:34 "they will mock Him and spit on Him and scourge Him and kill ... and three days later He will rise again". This latter text more fully informs the 8:31 claim that He "must suffer many things".
- 4) Thus, the "point" is that this woman had been subjected to her "sufferings" for twelve years of increasing hopelessness in respect to a "human" solution, and they had brought her to Jesus. This is the point for Mark's mention of "many doctors".
- c. And having spent "the things for her"...
- 1) The verb used here is found in 5 texts of the New Testament and always indicates a "spending" that involves the exchange of one "precious" commodity to obtain another "more precious" commodity.
- 2) In this woman's case, "all" of her "precious funds for the purchase of the things needful in this life" had been "spent" in the search for a "solution". None of the "spending" accomplished her objective.
- d. And having been helped nothing (at all)...
- 1) Nothing (the search through multiple doctors) helped.
- 2) The idea of this verb in Mark is the use of "profit" (typically, "money") to be used to obtain a desired "greater benefit" (5:26; 7:11; and 8:36).
- e. But having come unto "the worse"...
- 1) Mark uses this verb twice: 2:21 and 5:26.
- 2) At issue is that the sought "solution" was not achieved; rather, things were made "worse".
- 2. The woman's "coming"...
- a. Having heard concerning "The Jesus"...
- b. Having come in the crowd behind (Him)...
- c. She lay hold of His garment...
- 1) For she was saying...
- 2) "If I indeed should lay hold of His garments..."
- 3) "I shall be delivered."
- C. The outcome.
- 1. "Immediately" (focus here) the well of her blood was dried up...
- 2. And she knew in the body that she had been healed from the scourge.
- D. The reaction...
- 1. "Immediately" (focus here) The Jesus...
- a. Having known precisely in Himself the power having gone out from Him...
- b. Having turned in the crowd...
- c. Was saying...
- d. "Who grasped of Me the garments?"
- 2. The disciples of Him were saying to Him...
- a. You are seeing the crowd "afflicting You"...
- b. And You are saying, "Who grasped of Me?"
- 3. And He was looking around to see her that had done this thing.
- E. The outcome.
- 1. The woman...
- a. Having been frightened...
- b. And trembling...
- c. Having perceived what had happened to her...
- d. Came and fell down to Him...
- e. And said to Him all the truth.
- 2. Jesus...
- a. Said to her...
- b. "Daughter... "
- c. "Your faith has delivered you."
- d. "Go unto peace and you are healed from your scourge."