Mark 5:26 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 5:26

She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.

BSB

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ASV

and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

KJV

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And had suffered many things of many physicians,.... She took many a nauseous medicine, and had gone through courses of physic with different physicians; for there were many among the Jews that pretended to the cure of fluxes; and various are the prescriptions the Jewish doctors give for such a disorder, as may be seen in their Talmud (q); and many of which Dr. Lightfoot (r) has transcribed: and among the rest, they direct to the use of gum of Alexandria, alum, saffron, Persian onions, cummin, and "faenum graecum", put into wine and drank.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 827: “The Faculty Baffled, The Great Physician Successful” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1868)

BRIEFLY consider this poor woman's case. She was afflicted with a disease of exceedingly long standing which not only wasted her strength and threatened to bring her speedily to the grave, but rendered her, according to the Jewish ceremonial Law, unclean, and therefore unable to mix in company. Thus she was doomed to be a poor, suffering, desponding, desolate woman. The physicians of those days were bold enough to attempt impossible cures, but their skill was not at all commensurate with their courage. They tormented their patients, but seldom relieved them of anything but their money.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πολλὰ	polla	much	G4183 →
παθοῦσα	pathousa	having suffered	G3958 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	under	G5259 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	many	G4183 →
ἰατρῶν	iatrōn	physicians	G2395 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δαπανήσασα	dapanēsasa	having spent	G1159 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	of	G3844 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	her	G846 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μηδὲν	mēden	in no way	G3367 →
ὠφεληθεῖσα	ōphelētheisa	having benefited	G5623 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	rather	G3123 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
χεῖρον	cheiron	worse	G5501 →
ἐλθοῦσα,	elthousa	having come,	G2064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
leads to
- Jeremiah 46:11
  Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 37:25
  And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…
- Jeremiah 51:8
  Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Jeremiah 30:12–17
  For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
- Luke 8:43
  including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
Through
Job 13:4
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
leads to
- Psalms 119:69
  Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Through
Psalms 108:12
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:5–8
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Psalms 146:3–5
  Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark