Mark 5 · Verse 24

Mark 5:24

And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
Mark 5:24, King James Version

Mark 5:24 in other translations

BSBSo Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.
WEBHe went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
ASVAnd he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.
YLTand he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,
DARBYAnd he went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed on him.
BBEAnd he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.
WebsterAnd Jesus went with him; and many people followed him, and thronged him.

What does Mark 5:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him--The word in Luke (Lu 8:42) is stronger--"choked," "stifled Him."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 5:21-34

A despised gospel will go where it will be better received. One of the rulers of a synagogue earnestly besought Christ for a little daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. Another cure was wrought by the way. We should do good, not only when in the house, but when we walk by the way, De 6:7. It is common with people not to apply to Christ till they have tried in vain all other helpers, and find them, as…

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Mark 5:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἀπῆλθενapēlthenHe departedG565
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτοῦ,autouhim,G846
καὶkaiAndG2532
ἠκολούθειēkoloutheiwas followingG190
αὐτῷautōHimG846
ὄχλοςochlosa crowdG3793
πολὺςpolusgreatG4183
καὶkaiandG2532
συνέθλιβονsunethlibonwere pressing in onG4918
αὐτόν.¶autonHim.G846

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Cross references for Mark 5:24

  • Mark 5:31

    And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

  • Mark 3:9-10

    And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

  • Mark 3:20

    And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

  • Luke 7:6

    Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

  • Luke 8:45

    And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

  • Acts 10:38

    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  • Luke 19:3

    And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

  • Luke 8:42

    For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

  • Luke 12:1

    In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
went.
Lu 7:6; Ac 10:38
and thronged.
31; 3:9,10,20; Lu 8:42,45; 12:1; 19:3

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Context

  • Mark 5:23

    And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

  • Mark 5:24

    And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

  • Mark 5:25

    And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

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Mark 5:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué con él, y le seguía gran compañía, y le apretaban.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il s’en alla avec lui; et une grande foule le suivit, et elle le pressait.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ging mit ihm, und eine große Volksmenge folgte ihm und drängte ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et abiit cum illo, et sequebatur eum turba multa, et comprimebant eum.