The Meaning of Mark 5:27 Explained

Mark 5:27

KJV: When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

YLT: having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,

Darby: having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;

ASV: having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When she had heard  of  Jesus,  came  in  the press  behind,  and touched  his  garment. 

What does Mark 5:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 5:21-43 - Hope For The Hopeless
We turn from the demon-driven man to this woman, weakened by long disease. For the one there was the outward manifestation of evil, but for the other inward wasting and decay. Let those who are conscious of the ravages of evil in their hearts, destroying their strength, establish connection with Christ as slight as the finger's touch of the garment hem, and forthwith His virtue will enter and stay their inward malady. His power is ever going forth, and faith receives as much as it desires. The reservoir of power is always full, but how few, how very few, have learned the secret of tapping it!
Crowds throng Him, but only one touches. Proximity to Christ does not necessarily imply the appropriation of Christ. But where there is the faintest touch of faith, there is an instantaneous, may we not say, automatic, response. There may be great weakness, the fingers may be too nerveless to grasp, they can only touch; but the slightest degree of faith saves, because it is the channel by which Christ enters, Mark 5:34. Even children are liable to the havoc caused by sin, Mark 5:35-43. Death has passed on all, and from the universal blight even the little ones cannot find immunity. But again we turn to the Master of life, whose touch is as gentle as a woman's and whose voice can penetrate the recesses of the unseen. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 5

1  Jesus delivering the possessed of the legion of demons,
13  they enter into the pigs
22  He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter
25  He heals the woman subject to bleeding,
35  and raises Jairus' daughter from death

What do the individual words in Mark 5:27 mean?

having heard - concerning - Jesus having come up in the crowd behind she touched the clothing of Him
ἀκούσασα 〈τὰ〉 περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ

ἀκούσασα  having  heard 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
〈τὰ〉  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
περὶ  concerning 
Parse: Preposition
Root: περί 
Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near.
τοῦ  - 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Ἰησοῦ  Jesus 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰησοῦς  
Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
ἐλθοῦσα  having  come  up 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: ἔρχομαι  
Sense: to come.
ὄχλῳ  crowd 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: ὄχλος  
Sense: a crowd.
ὄπισθεν  behind 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὄπισθεν  
Sense: from behind, on the back, behind, after.
ἥψατο  she  touched 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἅπτω  
Sense: to fasten one’s self to, adhere to, cling to.
ἱματίου  clothing 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: ἱμάτιον  
Sense: a garment (of any sort).
αὐτοῦ  of  Him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.

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