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NASB	Mark 5:30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My garments?"
AMPLIFIED 2015	Mark 5:30 Immediately Jesus, recognizing in Himself that power had gone out from Him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched My clothes?"

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Subject: Jairus's daughter and the bleeding woman

Bible Note: Jairus's daughter and the woman both healed

Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:25-43; Luke 8:43-56

They came to Jesus

Mark and Luke tell us that the ruler's name is Jairus, and both he and the woman approached Jesus in truth (Jairus - Mark 5:22-23; the woman - Mark 5:33). They came to Jesus not because they were trying to trap Jesus in what He was saying or trying to get around the law, etc, etc, but they truly had an immediate problem that immediately and severely affected their lives. They had no pretense - only an earnest and urgent plea to Christ - a 'crying out to God' that only required faith (Jairus - Mark 5:36; the woman - Mark 5:34). Perhaps they were at their 'last straw' and were not quite sure of what would happen (Jairus's surprise - Luke 8:56; the woman trying to hide - Luke 8:47), but at least they had the faith to ask which required them to go against the crowd (Mark 5:35) and take a risk on their part to reach out to God, even though they may not have known just how they would have been answered. Jesus rewarded that risk and their faith by bringing His unique healing touch to their situations.

It did not matter that both recipients - a ruler in the synagogue and a woman - came from complete opposite ends of the social spectrum. Everyone in society is capable of faith, but not everyone in society is willing to take that risk. In truth they asked Jesus for healing and He brought salvation to them. How outnumbered Jairus must have felt in speaking in Jesus' defense when Jesus would later be brought before the synagogue to be questioned and later crucified?

Jesus touched Jarius's daughter and was touched by the woman. We know from the healing request of the Centurian (Matt. 8:13) that Jesus did not need to be present or to touch the person who needed healing. Was the fact that a physical touch was needed so important to their faith?

Also, Jairus, and possibly the woman, both knew that they would be asking Jesus to be "unclean" for a day (Lev. 15:25-27) if He touched them, since both Jairus's daughter (death) and the woman with the blood flow would be considered as 'unclean.' But the risk that they were taking (in faith) also superceded their tradition and their law, and Jesus (perhaps explaining some of their surprise) healed their situations with His personal touch without ever mentioning the ceremonial law, even though He had to be well aware of it.

--Makarios

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