“And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.”
So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them — the physical contact (took her hand) and the action of lifting communicate personal engagement rather than remote command. The healing is instantaneous: the fever left her is a completed action. The immediate consequence — she began to wait on them (diakonei, to serve) — is both practical and theological. The verb diakoneō is used for the angels who attended Jesus after the testing (Mark 1:13) and for the community standard of leadership (Mark 10:43–45). The healed woman's immediate service is the Gospel's first picture of what healing produces: not passive recovery but active ministry in the community.
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