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MARK 5:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 5:28Mark 5:30
“And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.”
Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering — the healing is instantaneous and bodily experienced: she felt in her body. The phrase communicates that the healing is not merely a report from an external observer but an internal, physical reality experienced by the woman herself. Freed from her suffering — the word freed (iaomai in the root) suggests liberation as well as cure: twelve years of suffering ended in a moment. The immediate quality of the healing (immediately her bleeding stopped) is the same immediacy that characterizes all of Jesus' healings in Mark — no recovery period, no gradual improvement, instant and complete restoration.

Church Fathers on Mark 5:29

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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