Mark 5 · Verse 27

Mark 5:27

When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Mark 5:27, King James Version

Mark 5:27 in other translations

BSBWhen the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
WEBhaving heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
ASVhaving heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.
YLThaving heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,
DARBYhaving heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;
BBEWhen she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.
WebsterWhen she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.

What does Mark 5:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. When she had heard of Jesus, came--This was the right experiment at last. What had she "heard of Jesus?" No doubt it was His marvellous cures she had heard of; and the hearing of these, in connection with her bitter experience of the vanity of applying to any other, had been blessed to the kindling in her soul of a firm confidence that He who had so willingly wrought such cures on others was able and would not refuse to heal her also. in the press behind--shrinking, yet seeking. touched his garment--According to the ceremonial law, the touch of anyone having the disease which this woman had would have defiled the person touched. Some think that the recollection of this may account for her stealthily approaching Him in the crowd behind, and touching but the hem of His garment. But there was an instinct in the faith which brought her to Jesus, which taught her, that if that touch could set her free from the defiling disease itself, it was impossible to communicate defilement to Him, and that this wondrous Healer must be above such laws.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 27. Came in the press behind. In the crowd that pressed upon him. This was done to avoid being noticed. It was an act of faith. She was full of confidence that Jesus was able to heal: but she trembled on account of her conscious unworthiness, thus illustrating the humility and confidence of a sinner coming ta God for pardon and life.

(i) "touched his garment" 2Kgs 13:21, Mt 14:30, Acts 5:15, 19:12

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Came in the press behind - She had formed her resolution in faith, she executes it, notwithstanding her weakness, etc., with courage; and now she finds it crowned with success.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 5:27 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.

ἀκούσασαakousasahaving heardG191
περὶpericoncerningG4012
τοῦtou<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦ,IēsouJesus,G2424
ἐλθοῦσαelthousahaving come upG2064
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ὄχλῳochlōcrowdG3793
ὄπισθενopisthenbehind [Him]G3693
ἥψατοhēpsatoshe touchedG681
τοῦtoutheG3588
ἱματίουhimatiouclothingG2440
αὐτοῦ·autouof Him;G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 5:27

  • Acts 19:12

    So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

  • Acts 5:15

    Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

  • Matthew 14:36

    And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

  • Mark 6:56

    And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

  • 2 Kings 13:21

    And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
touched.
6:56; 2Ki 13:21; Mt 14:36; Ac 5:15; 19:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 5:26

    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

  • Mark 5:27

    When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

  • Mark 5:28

    For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

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Mark 5:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Como oyó hablar de Jesús, llegó por detrás entre la compañía, y tocó su vestido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		ayant entendu parler de Jésus, vint dans la foule par-derrière, et toucha son vêtement;
German
Elberfelder 1871		kam, als sie von Jesu gehört, in der Volksmenge von hinten und rührte sein Kleid an;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cum audisset de Jesu, venit in turba retro, et tetigit vestimentum ejus: