Bible Strands
Mark 5:27
When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A woman in a dense crowd approaches Jesus from behind, acting after enduring prolonged suffering and failed medical treatments, immediately before her internal resolve to touch His garment.
The words — ἀκοῦσασα (akousasa) means "having heard," and ἐλθοῦσα (elthousa) means "having come up," marking her deliberate physical response to the report of Jesus.
The thread — The pattern of physical contact with a holy figure producing healing appears in Matthew 14:36, Acts 5:15, and Acts 19:12, where garments and shadows serve as points of contact for divine power.
Why it lands — The text presents faith as an active, physical movement toward Jesus, requiring the reader to recognize that decisive action directly precedes the reported outcome.
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The Greek words
King James Version
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.