Mark 5:30

At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses the crowd immediately after a woman’s bleeding stops and she senses her healing. He turns from the pressing multitude to ask who made contact with his garments.

The words — ἐπιγνοὺς (epignous) literally means “having known,” marking Jesus’ sudden internal recognition. εὐθὺς (euthus) translates as “immediately,” emphasizing the abruptness of his awareness.

The thread — This event runs parallel to Luke 8:46, where Jesus declares power has gone out from him, and connects to Luke 6:19, which notes power flowing from him to heal the entire crowd.

Why it lands — The text records Jesus distinguishing between casual crowd pressure and deliberate contact that triggers his power. It asks a reader to acknowledge that proximity to Jesus does not automatically produce healing without his sovereign awareness.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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?

Cross-references

Luke 6:19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
Luke 8:46 But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
Luke 5:17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

People named

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