Mark 5:27

When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.

BSB

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KJV

When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

ASV

having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.

YLT

having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,

DBT

having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;

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The woman with the hemorrhage had spent all that she had on doctors. Hungering and thirsting, her spirit had died within her. Having lost everything she possessed, because her life was wasting away within her, she cried out to the Lord in anguish. Her touch on the hem of his garment was the cry of a believing heart. In this she is the figure of the assembly of God gathered from all nations.

Jerome· HOMILY 33, 420patristic

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When she had heard of Jesus,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

Came 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.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

But there was an instinct in the faith which brought her to Jesus, which taught her, that if that touch could set her free from the defiling disease itself, it was impossible to communicate defilement to Him, and that this wondrous Healer must be above such laws.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The miserable condition that this poor creature was in; he was under the power of an unclean spirit, the devil got possession of him, and the effect of it was not, as in many, a silent melancholy, but a raging frenzy; he was raving mad; his condition seems to have been worse than any of the possessed, that were Christ's patients.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

Cross-references

8 linked verses

The verses this one reaches8

Acts 19:12
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
Luke 8:44
She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
Matthew 14:36
and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
Acts 5:15
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
Mark 6:56
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
Mark 8:22
When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
Mark 3:10
For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 19:12
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
leads to
- Acts 5:15
  As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 13:20–21
  And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
- Mark 16:17
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
Through
Acts 5:15
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
leads to
- Acts 19:11–12
  God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 14:36
  and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
Through
Mark 6:56
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
leads to
- Luke 6:19
  The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 3:10
  For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of…
leads to
- Acts 19:12
  so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

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