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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/mark/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/mark/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a woman, being with a flux of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And a woman—who had a hemorrhage for twelve years<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A woman [in the crowd] had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And a woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There was a woman who had suffered terribly from severe bleeding for twelve years, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now a woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And a certain woman who had an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A certain woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and a certain woman, being with a flow of blood [for] twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a woman, being with a flux of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/mark/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And a certain woman, being in a flowing of blood twelve years,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there was a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And there was a woman who had had the hemorrhage for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But there was a certain woman who had a flow of blood twelve years<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain woman who had had an issue of blood for twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain woman, being in an issue of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain woman, having a flux of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Now there was a woman, who had been affected with an hemorrhage twelve years:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And a woman who had been in a flux twelve years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/5-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=1410" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/mark/5.htm">The Healing Touch of Jesus</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynē (N-NFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">a woman was there</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">who had suffered</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/4511.htm" title="4511: rhysei (N-DFS) -- A flowing, an issue. From rhoumai in the sense of its congener rheo; a flux."></a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimatos (N-GNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">from bleeding</a> <a href="/greek/1427.htm" title="1427: dōdeka (Adj-ANP) -- Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.">for twelve</a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etē (N-ANP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">26</span>She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43</a></span><br />including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20</a></span><br />Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Leviticus 15:25-27</a></span><br />When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation. / Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period. / Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Luke 8:44-48</a></span><br />She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. / “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.” / But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-21.htm">Matthew 9:21-22</a></span><br />She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19-24</a></span><br />When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. / Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean, / and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Malachi 4:2</a></span><br />“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Matthew 14:36</a></span><br />and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-19.htm">Luke 6:19</a></span><br />The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-11.htm">Acts 19:11-12</a></span><br />God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul, / so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Numbers 15:38-39</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. / These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27</a></span><br />When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28</a></span><br />“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-56.htm">Mark 6:56</a></span><br />And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,</p><p class="hdg">a certain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a></b></br> And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind <i>him</i>, and touched the hem of his garment: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43,44</a></b></br> And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, … </p><p class="hdg">an issue.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19,20,25-27</a></b></br> And if a woman have an issue, <i>and</i> her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even… </p><p class="hdg">twelve.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Luke 13:11</a></b></br> And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up <i>herself</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/5-5.htm">John 5:5,6</a></b></br> And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22</a></b></br> For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Bleeding</a> <a href="/matthew/27-25.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Haemorrhage</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Hemorrhage</a> <a href="/matthew/26-58.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/mark/5-19.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/mark/4-10.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Bleeding</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Haemorrhage</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Hemorrhage</a> <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/mark/9-16.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/mark/5-26.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/mark/5-42.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/5-1.htm">Jesus delivering the possessed of the legion of demons,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/5-13.htm">they enter into the pigs.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/5-22.htm">He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">He heals the woman subject to bleeding,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/5-35.htm">and raises Jairus' daughter from death.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/mark/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And a woman was there</b><br>This phrase introduces a specific individual within the crowd surrounding Jesus. The presence of the woman in the crowd is significant, as it highlights her desperation and determination to seek healing despite societal norms. In the cultural context of first-century Judea, women often had limited public roles, and her presence in a public space, especially in her condition, would have been unusual and potentially frowned upon.<p><b>who had suffered from bleeding</b><br>The woman's condition is described as a chronic issue of bleeding, likely a menstrual disorder, which would have rendered her ceremonially unclean according to Levitical law (<a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Leviticus 15:25-27</a>). This uncleanness would have isolated her socially and religiously, preventing her from participating in normal community and worship activities. Her suffering was not only physical but also emotional and spiritual due to this isolation.<p><b>for twelve years</b><br>The duration of her suffering emphasizes the chronic nature of her condition and the depth of her desperation. Twelve years is a significant period, suggesting that she had exhausted all available medical and spiritual remedies without success. The number twelve can also be seen as symbolically significant in the Bible, often representing completeness or the people of God (e.g., twelve tribes of Israel, twelve apostles). Her long-term suffering contrasts with the immediate healing she receives from Jesus, highlighting His power and compassion.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman_with_the_issue_of_blood.htm">The Woman with the Issue of Blood</a></b><br>This unnamed woman had been suffering from a chronic bleeding condition for twelve years. Her condition made her ceremonially unclean according to Jewish law, isolating her from society and religious practices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>Central to this account, Jesus is the healer and the one whom the woman seeks out in faith, believing that touching His garment will heal her.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a></b><br>A large group of people surrounds Jesus, making it difficult for the woman to reach Him. The crowd represents both a physical and social barrier.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a></b><br>While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the events occur in the region of Capernaum, a significant location in Jesus' ministry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_twelve-year_duration.htm">The Twelve-Year Duration</a></b><br>The length of the woman's suffering is significant, highlighting the chronic nature of her condition and her desperation for healing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The woman's faith led her to take bold action despite societal and religious barriers. Her belief in Jesus' power to heal was greater than her fear of public shame or failure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_suffering.htm">Perseverance in Suffering</a></b><br>Her twelve-year struggle teaches us about enduring faith and the hope that healing and restoration are possible, even after long periods of suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_barriers.htm">Breaking Barriers</a></b><br>Jesus' response to the woman shows that He is willing to break societal and religious barriers to bring healing and restoration. This challenges us to consider how we can break down barriers in our own lives to reach out to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_jesus.htm">The Power of Jesus</a></b><br>This passage highlights Jesus' divine power and authority over physical ailments, encouraging believers to trust in His ability to heal and restore.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_encounter_with_jesus.htm">Personal Encounter with Jesus</a></b><br>The woman's healing came through a personal encounter with Jesus, reminding us of the importance of seeking a personal relationship with Him for our spiritual and physical needs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_the_bleeding_woman_healed.htm">How was the woman with the issue of blood healed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_lev._15_with_other_ot_laws.htm">Leviticus 15 – How do believers reconcile these purity laws with other Old Testament statutes that seemingly conflict or differ in emphasis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/todd_bentley's_story_with_fresh_fire.htm">What is Todd Bentley's story with Fresh Fire Ministries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/explain_john_5_8-9_healing_scientifically..htm">How can the instantaneous healing in John 5:8–9 be explained scientifically, and why is there no mention of the man’s need for rehabilitation? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 25, 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years</span>. All the synoptic Gospels mention the length of time during which she had been suffering. Eusebius records a tradition that she was a Gentile, a native of Caesarea Philippi. This disease was a chronic hoemorrhage, for which she had found no relief from the physicians. Lightfoot, in his 'Horae Hebraicae,' gives a list of the remedies applied in such cases, which seem quite sufficient to account for St. Mark's statement that <span class="cmt_word">she was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse</span>. St. Luke, h<span class="cmt_word">i</span>mself a physician, says that she "had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/5-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">Καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman</span><br /><span class="grk">γυνὴ</span> <span class="translit">(gynē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was there</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖσα</span> <span class="translit">(ousa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who had been afflicted</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for twelve</span><br /><span class="grk">δώδεκα</span> <span class="translit">(dōdeka)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1427.htm">Strong's 1427: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτη</span> <span class="translit">(etē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by an issue</span><br /><span class="grk">ῥύσει</span> <span class="translit">(rhysei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4511.htm">Strong's 4511: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flowing, an issue. From rhoumai in the sense of its congener rheo; a flux.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of bleeding.</span><br /><span class="grk">αἵματος</span> <span class="translit">(haimatos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 5:25 A certain woman who had an issue (Mar Mk Mr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/mark/5-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 5:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 5:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/mark/5-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 5:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 5:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>