Mark 5:29

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Mark 5:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.
Mark 5:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Mark 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, etc..] It was usual with the Jews to call the womb, in which the child is formed, rwqm, “a fountain” f90; and because, from hence, issued the blood in a menstruous and profluvious person, they called it, as here, hymd rwqm, “the fountain of her blood” f91; and sometimes use the same phrase of the drying up of it, as in this place: they say f92, when a woman is searched and found to be pure, she is forbidden her house, hnyym bgnty d, “until her fountain be dried up”; so that as no blood issued from it, there was none in it, and which was now this woman's case, as she found; [ ç [ and she felt in her body that she was healed of that…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26. Mark 5:23 Lieth at the point of death - Is dying; in the last agonies. Mark 5:26 Had suffered many things - Had resorted to many things painful, by the direction of the physicians, in order to be healed. Mark 5:27 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 to God for pardon and life.…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“straightway: Exo 15:26; Job 33:24, Job 33:25; Psa 30:2, Psa 103:3, Psa 107:20, Psa 147:3 fountain: Lev 20:18 plague: Mar 5:34, Mar 3:10; Kg1 8:37; Luk 7:21 Mark 5:30”
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