Mark 5:32

Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses His disciples and the surrounding crowd immediately after a woman touches His garment and is healed. The moment follows the disciples’ remark about the pressing multitude and precedes the woman’s public confession. (Mark 5:32)

The words — περιεβλέπετο (perieblepeto) translates literally as "He was looking around," and ἰδεῖν (idein) means "to see." These verbs frame a continuous, purposeful search for the specific person behind the action.

The thread — The narrative moves from the crowd’s physical pressure to Jesus’ focused attention on the individual who acted. This shift from collective mass to personal accountability runs through the immediate context of Mark 5:31–33.

Why it lands — The text states that He kept looking around to see who had done this before indicating any further response. It requires a reader to acknowledge that deliberate recognition is the necessary precondition for the woman’s confession in the following verse.

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