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1 | How did she know? | Mark 5:28 | Ray | 57415 | ||
Hi mbooker, I think that she was a daughter of Abraham, a Jew. I think that she was a person who wanted to follow God's commandments. I think that she had an encounter with the Savior of the world. I think that she was a witness for the great power of God. There are two things that were of interest to me in the account. 1)She touched the fringe of His cloak, and 2) she was saved (made well). 1)From The MacArthur Study Bible, "the hem of His garment. Cf. 14:36. Probably one of the tassels that were sown to the corners of a garment in order to remind the wearer to obey God's commandments (Num. 15:38-40; Deut. 22:12). An application that I would make is that the faith of the woman made her well and saved her in many respects, but she was reminded to keep God's commandments. I would be interested to know if the garment of Jesus had these sown on tassels of reminder. But whether the tassel was touched, a hem, a fringe, or a border, the woman touched His garments and was made well. Others before and after her as recorded in Matthew were being healed by His hand on them. 2) She was made well by her faith. In Matthew she did not express this faith to the crowd, but in Mark and Luke she did. Mark 5:33, "But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him, and told *Him the whole truth." Luke 8:47, "And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched *Him, and how she had been immediately healed." Mark 5:30, "...'Who touched *My garments?'" I think that it is important to point out that her faith and her thought that all she had to do was touch His garments was instrumental in her healing; but the power came from Him. The people of the crowd who were bumping into Jesus were not healed, but she was because of her faith and the power of Jesus Himself. The power was not in His "robe" but in Himself. Mark 5:27, "after hearing about Jesus, came up in the crowd behind Him, and touched (His) cloak. For she thought, 'If I just touch His garments, I shall get well." Mark 6:56, "And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and entreating Him that they might just touch the fringe of (His) cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured." Matthew 14:33, "And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, 'You are certainly God's (Son)!'...And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; and they began to entreat Him that they might touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured." I think that this afflicted woman recognized Jesus as God's Son. She knew that He had the power and she evidently had the faith. And her faith was evidently catching as she witnessed among the people. From the heart, Ray |
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2 | How did she know? | Mark 5:28 | mbooker | 57441 | ||
Thanks Ray Your expounding on this is greatly appreciated!! Abba Father bless you... :) |
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3 | How did she know? | Mark 5:28 | Ray | 57646 | ||
Hi mbooker, I have written that I thought that this woman was a Jew who was reminded to keep God's commandments. This was simply my thought. Since then I have read from William Barclay's "The Daily Study Bible Series" in Luke and offer to you his thoughts about the account. "This story laid hold on the heart and the imagination of the early church. It was believed that the woman was a gentile from Caesarea Philippi. Eusebius, the great church historian (A.D. 300), relates how it was said that the woman had at her own cost erected a statue commemorating her cure in her native city. It was said that that statue remained there until Julian, the Roman Emperor who tried to bring back the pagan gods, destroyed it, and erected his own in place of it, only to see his own statue blasted by a thunderbolt from God. ...All devout Jews wore robes with fringes on them (Numbers 15:37-41; Deuteronomy 22:12). The fringes ended in four tassels of white thread with a blue thread woven through them. They were to remind the Jew every time he dressed that he was a man of God and committed to the keeping of God's laws. Later, when it was dangerous to be a Jew, these tassels were worn on the undergarments. Nowadays they still exist on the talith or shawl that the Jew wears round his head and shoulders when he is at prayer. But in the time of Jesus they were worn on the outer garment, and it was one of these the woman touched. Luke the doctor is here in evidence again. Mark says of the woman that she had spent her all on the doctors and was no better BUT RATHER GREW WORSE (Mark 5:26). Luke misses out the final phrase, because he did not like this gibe against the doctors!" Barclay had more to say on the passage but I did not want to be remiss in noting that many thought that she was a Gentile. Another thing that came to my mind as I considered this woman and her witness to her community, was the similar witness of the woman at the well. Her witness was that "He told me all the things that I have done." Jesus knew what the woman with the hemorrhage had done also and He said, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." What I think is important is that even with their witnessing about their experiencing the acceptance of God, the thing that most brings other people to Christ is His word. John 4:41, "And many more believed because of His word; and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world." From the heart, Ray |
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