Mark wrote how, “there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet. And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death: I pray you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years. And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, You see the multitude thronging you, and say you, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth”, and in chapter five and verse thirty-four of his book, Mark writes how Jesus said, “your faith has made you whole” where we read:
And he said unto her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole;
go in peace, and be whole of your plague.
The verse reads, “And he said unto her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole;” Mark began with the words, “and he said” or “and Jesus uttered, declared and proclaimed” “unto her” which means “to the woman who had the issue of blood”, “Daughter” or “daughter acceptable to God who rejoices in God's particular care and protection”, “your faith” which means “the woman's assurance, conviction, belief and fidelity” “has made you whole” or “has saved the woman from perishing, suffering from disease, made her well and restored her to health”. Mark shared how Jesus told the woman that her “belief and trust” made her well.
The verse continues, “go in peace, and be whole of your plague.” Mark added the words, “go in peace” which means “depart, withdraw and retire with a state of tranquility, harmony, concord, security, safety, prosperity and felicity”, “and be whole” or “and be preserved and rescued from the danger” “of your plague” which means “pertaining to the woman's calamity, misfortune and disease”. Mark shared how Jesus told the woman to “depart” with a sense of tranquility as she has been “rescued” from her terrible “disease”.
When we consider Mark's words in this verse, we see how Jesus acknowledged the “faith” of this woman, and because she “believed”, she would now leave Him in “harmony, concord and prosperity” because her “disease” was gone. Jesus loved restoring health to people, and when their lives were changed by Him, “peace” would enter. God's desire is to “save” and set free every person from the “disease of sin” which “plagues” them, and by believing and trusting in His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”, they shall be “made whole” and “go in peace”. Let all who read these words understand the gravity of their “spiritual plague” and come to Jesus in “faith and trust” that He is able to make them whole.
Next time Mark shares how Jairus' servant tells him, “your daughter is dead”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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