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MARK 5:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 5:24Mark 5:26
“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,”
And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years — the twelve years of bleeding exactly matches Jairus's daughter's age (verse 42), creating a numerical connection between the two healings. The bleeding woman's condition is the female discharge of Leviticus 15:25–27 — twelve years of the continuous ritual impurity that would have excluded her from the synagogue, from the community's sacred spaces, from physical contact with the ritually pure. Twelve years is not merely a long time; it is the entire lifetime of the daughter whose death Jairus is racing to prevent.

Church Fathers on Mark 5:25

After the miracle of the demoniac, the Lord works another miracle, namely, in raising up the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue; the Evangelist, before narrating this miracle, says, 'And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto Him.'

Theophylact · 11th century

But we must understand, that what is added of the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, took place when Jesus had again crossed the sea in a ship, though how long after does not appear; for if there were not an interval, there could be no time for the taking place of that which Matthew relates, concerning the feast at his own house; after which event, nothing follows immediately, except this concerning the daughter of the chief of the synagogue. For he has so put it…

Augustine · 4th century · de Con. Evan., 2, 28

Observe that the object of His question was that the woman should confess the truth of her long want of faith, of her sudden belief and healing, and so herself be confirmed in faith, and afford an example to others.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 22
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