He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed 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.
- BSB For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
- 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.
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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 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
- Matt 14:36and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
- Matt 4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Acts 19:11–12God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
- Luke 7:2A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- Acts 5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Matt 14:14Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Heb 12:6For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”
- Gen 12:17Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Matt 12:15Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Num 11:33While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
- Mark 5:27–29having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
- Matt 9:20–21Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
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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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