Mark 3:10 Meaning and Explanation
“For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 3:10 Mean?
Mark explains the crush of the crowd: Jesus had healed many, and so those who suffered from diseases pressed forward, reaching to touch Him. They believed that even contact with Him could bring healing, and they would not be held back.
Here is desperate, reaching faith. People burdened with affliction sensed that wholeness was within their grasp if they could only come close. Jesus did not recoil from the sick who pressed against Him; healing flowed from Him to all who reached out. The scene reveals a Savior whose power and compassion are inexhaustible. To those who feel only their wounds, the verse says: there is One worth pressing toward, who turns no reaching hand away.
Mark 3:10 in the Original Language
mastix (μάστιξ), 'plagues' -- literally a whip or scourge, here bodily afflictions that lash and torment.
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What does Mark 3:10 mean?
Because He had healed so many, the afflicted pressed in just to touch Him.