For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- KJV For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- NKJV For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.
- NASB for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had diseases pushed in around Him in order to touch Him.
- NLT He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.
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Quick answer
Many sought to touch Jesus because he had healed so many. It matters because it displays both his abundant healing power and the desperation of the afflicted.
Overview
The crowds pressed in physically, believing that mere contact with Jesus could bring healing. His ministry of restoration was so effective that the sick surged toward him in hope. This reveals the compassion of God in Christ, who does not turn away the suffering but draws them to himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Mark 6:56And 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.
- Matt 14:36and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- Matt 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Acts 19:11–12God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
- Luke 7:2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
- Acts 5:15As 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.
- Matt 14:14When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
- Heb 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- Gen 12:17The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
- Matt 12:15Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
- Mark 5:34“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
- Num 11:33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
- Mark 5:27–29When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
- Matt 9:20–21Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
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Christ at the center
Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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