Mark 5 · Verse 31

Mark 5:31

And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Mark 5:31, King James Version

Mark 5:31 in other translations

BSBHis disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
WEBHis disciples said to him, “You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
ASVAnd his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
YLTand his disciples said to him, ‘Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and thou sayest, ‘Who did touch me!'
DARBYAnd his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
BBEAnd his disciples said to him, You see the people round you on every side, and you say, Who was touching me?
WebsterAnd his disciples said to him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

What does Mark 5:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. And his disciples said unto him--Luke says (Lu 8:45), "When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master." Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?--"Askest thou, Lord, who touched Thee? Rather ask who touched Thee not in such a throng." "And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched Me"--"a certain person has touched Me"--"for I perceive that virtue is gone out of Me" (Lu 8:46). Yes, the multitude "thronged and pressed Him"--they jostled against Him, but all involuntarily; they were merely carried along; but one, one only--"a certain person--TOUCHED Him," with the conscious, voluntary, dependent touch of faith, reaching forth its hand expressly to have contact with Him. This and this only Jesus acknowledges and seeks out. Even so, as Augustine long ago said, multitudes still come similarly close to Christ in the means of grace, but all to no purpose, being only sucked into the crowd. The voluntary, living contact of faith is that electric conductor which alone draws virtue out of Him.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Thou seest the multitude thronging then, etc. - Many touch Jesus who are not healed by him: the reason is, they do it not by faith, through a sense of their wants, and a conviction of his ability and willingness to save them. Faith conveys the virtue of Christ into the soul, and spiritual health is the immediate consequence of this received virtue.

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 5:31 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
ἔλεγονelegonwere sayingG3004
αὐτῷautōto HimG846
οἱhoitheG3588
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
αὐτοῦ·autouof Him;G846
βλέπειςblepeisYou seeG991
τὸνtontheG3588
ὄχλονochloncrowdG3793
συνθλίβοντάsunthlibontapressing in onG4918
σεseYouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
λέγεις·legeisYou sayG3004
τίςtisWhoG5101
μουmouMeG3165
ἥψατο;hēpsatotouched?G681

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

Cross references for Mark 5:31

  • 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?

  • Luke 9:12

    And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou seest.
Lu 8:45; 9:12

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Context

  • Mark 5:30

    And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

  • Mark 5:31

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

  • Mark 5:32

    And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

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Mark 5:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y le dijeron sus discípulos: Ves que la multitud te aprieta, y dices: ¿Quién me ha tocado?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ses disciples lui dirent: Tu vois la foule qui te presse, et tu dis: Qui m’a touché?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und seine Jünger sprachen zu ihm: Du siehst, daß die Volksmenge dich drängt, und du sprichst: Wer hat mich angerührt?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dicebant ei discipuli sui: Vides turbam comprimentem te, et dicis: Quis me tetigit?