Mark 5:21 Meaning and Explanation
“And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus crosses back to the western shore, where a large crowd gathers around him by the sea.
What Does Mark 5:21 Mean?
The boat returns to the Jewish side of the lake, and a great crowd reassembles at the water's edge. Mark is pivoting from one shore's rejection to the other shore's press of need, and into the interwoven story of Jairus and the suffering woman.
Asked to depart from one coast, Jesus is thronged on the other -- and he simply keeps meeting whoever comes. In the crowd pressing around him stand two people the next verses will single out: a desperate father and a woman who has been ill for twelve years. Every crowd around Christ is made of particular sorrows, and he has a way of finding them one at a time.
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What does Mark 5:21 mean?
Jesus crosses back to the western shore, where a large crowd gathers around him by the sea.