Who Touched My Clothes? - Mark 5:30

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 in chapter five and verse thirty our of his book, Mark writes how Jesus asked, “who touched my clothes?” where we read:

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?

The verse reads, “And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, …” Mark began with the words, “and Jesus” or “the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate whose name means Jehovah is Salvation”, “immediately knowing in himself” which means “straightway and forthwith Jesus perceived, understood and ascertained” “that virtue” or “that strength, power and ability” “had gone out of him” which means “went forth, issued and emanated from Jesus”. Mark shared Jesus “knew” right away that “power and ability” had left Him.

The verse continues, “... turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?” Mark added the words, “turned him about” which means “turned back” “in the press” or “within the throng, pressing and crowd of people”, “and said” which means “and uttered, declared, proclaimed and questioned”, “who touched my clothes” or “what person clung to, assailed, adhered to and clung to Jesus' garments or apparel”? Mark shared how Jesus turned around and asked “what person” had “grabbed” His clothing.

When we meditate upon Mark's words in this verse, we see how Jesus knew when “power and ability” left His body. The “woman” reached out to “touch” His clothing by faith, and the power within Jesus was released so that she was made whole. God loves people to reach out to Him, and when they attempt to “touch” Him through His Son Jesus, “ability and power” are released from Him so they might be saved. Let all who read these words follow the example of this woman and “reach out and touch” Jesus today.

Next time Mark shares how Jesus' disciples ask Him why He questioned, “who touched me?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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