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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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator describes the bleeding woman immediately after noting her twelve-year affliction and just before she moves through the crowd to touch Jesus’ cloak. This moment captures her desperate search for relief after years of medical failure.

The words — παθοῦσα (pathousa) translates literally as "having suffered," and δαπανήσασα (dapanēsasa) means "having spent." These participles grammatically emphasize the continuous, exhausting nature of her trials and financial depletion.

The thread — The passage aligns with Scripture’s repeated portrayal of human limitation, running parallel to Jeremiah 30:12’s statement of an incurable wound, Job 13:4’s description of physicians as worthless, and Psalm 108:12’s declaration that human aid fails.

Why it lands — The text reports that prolonged suffering and total financial loss yield no improvement, requiring the reader to acknowledge the insufficiency of human systems before seeking divine action.

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The Greek words

καὶkaiandπολλὰpollamuchπαθοῦσαpathousahaving sufferedὑπὸhupounderπολλῶνpollōnmanyἰατρῶνiatrōnphysiciansκαὶkaiandδαπανήσασαdapanēsasahaving spentτὰtatheπαρ᾽par᾽ofαὐτῆςautēsherπάνταpantaallκαὶkaiandμηδὲνmēdenin no wayὠφεληθεῖσαōphelētheisahaving benefitedἀλλὰallabutμᾶλλονmallonratherεἰςeistoτὸtotheχεῖρονcheironworseἐλθοῦσα,elthousahaving come,

King James Version

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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