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MARK 5:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 5:33Mark 5:35
“And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”
He said to her, daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering — the address daughter is as intimate as the father's my little daughter of verse 23 — Jesus claiming her as family in the same moment that her healing is completed. Your faith has healed you — the power went out from Jesus but the healing is attributed to her faith: the power and the faith are both necessary, and the faith is the woman's active contribution. Go in peace: not merely go without the bleeding but go into the shalom — the comprehensive wholeness — of restored relationship with God and community. Be freed from your suffering is the complete declaration: not just the bleeding but the entire twelve-year burden of exclusion and suffering is finished.

Church Fathers on Mark 5:34

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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