The Meaning of Mark 5:43 Explained

Mark 5:43

KJV: And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

YLT: and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

Darby: And he charged them much that no one should know this; and he desired that something should be given her to eat.

ASV: And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that'something'should be given her to eat.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 5:43?

MEANING: What does Mark 5:43 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 5:43 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Mark 5:43?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  he charged  them  straitly  that  no man  should know  it;  and  commanded  that something should be given  her  to eat. 

What does Mark 5:43 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jesus gave the observers two commands. First, He told them not to tell anyone about the miracle who did not need to know about it. [1] Obviously many people outside the house would have discovered what had happened, but Jesus wanted to avoid all unnecessary publicity, at least immediately, so He could continue His ministry with maximum freedom of movement (cf. Mark 1:43-45).
His second command revealed His continuing compassion for the girl in her need. It also clarified that He had restored her to physical life that needed sustaining. He had not resurrected her to a new form of life with an immortal body (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:35-57).
This double miracle taught the disciples that Jesus not only had the power to control nature ( Mark 4:35-41) and demonic spirits ( Mark 5:1-20) but also death. These were important revelations to those who had exercised some faith in Him. They learned that Jesus was more than a man and even more than the greatest of the prophets. Undoubtedly God used these revelations to enable the disciples to see that Jesus was the divine Messiah ( Mark 8:29).
"Faith involved more than simply believing Jesus could perform miracles. No one questioned that in Nazareth. They questioned how he could do what he was doing because of who they "know" him to be. By implication, therefore, healing faith for Mark in these two stories means more than faith in a miracle worker. Both Jairus and the woman displayed faith that God was somehow at work in Jesus. Therefore, the evangelist uses these stories to underscore the role of faith and its corollary, the person of Jesus as seen in his ministry that highlights the role of faith in these stories." [2]

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

Greek Commentary for Mark 5:43

That no one should know this [ινα μηδεις γνοι τουτο]
Second aorist active subjunctive, γνοι — gnoi But would they keep still about it? There was the girl besides. [source]
given her to eat []
, “She could walk and eat; not only alive, but well” (Bruce). [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 5:43

Luke 23:51 He had not consented to their counsel and deed [ουτος ουκ ην συνκατατετειμενος τηι βουληι και τηι πραχει αυτων]
This parenthesis is given by Luke alone and explains that, though a councillor (βουλευτης — bouleutēs Mark 5:43) he had not agreed to the vote of the Sanhedrin. It is fairly certain that both Joseph and Nicodemus were suspected of sympathy with Jesus and so were not invited to the trial of Jesus. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 5:43 mean?

And He instructed them strictly that no one should know this He commanded to be given to her to eat
καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἵνα μηδεὶς γνοῖ τοῦτο εἶπεν δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν

διεστείλατο  He  instructed 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: διαστέλλω  
Sense: to draw asunder, divide, distinguish, dispose, order.
πολλὰ  strictly 
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: πολύς  
Sense: many, much, large.
ἵνα  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ἵνα  
Sense: that, in order that, so that.
μηδεὶς  no  one 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: μηδείς 
Sense: nobody, no one, nothing.
γνοῖ  should  know 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: γινώσκω  
Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel.
τοῦτο  this 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: οὗτος  
Sense: this.
εἶπεν  He  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
δοθῆναι  to  be  given 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Passive
Root: διδῶ 
Sense: to give.
αὐτῇ  to  her 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
φαγεῖν  to  eat 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active
Root: ἐσθίω  
Sense: to eat.

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