Mark 5:29 Meaning and Explanation
“And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Instantly the bleeding stops at its source, and she feels in her body that she is healed.
What Does Mark 5:29 Mean?
The result is immediate and complete: "straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up." Not slowed, not managed -- dried at the source. And she knows it; her own body tells her the twelve-year affliction has ended.
What many physicians could not accomplish in twelve years, a touch of Christ accomplishes in a moment, and at the root rather than the surface. The word translated "plague" pictures a scourge -- her illness had been a whip laid across her life. Christ's healing reaches the fountain, the place where the trouble rises. He remains the one who can end in a moment what has drained a life for years.
Mark 5:29 in the Original Language
mastix (μάστιξ), 'plague' -- literally a whip or scourge; an affliction that torments.
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What does Mark 5:29 mean?
Instantly the bleeding stops at its source, and she feels in her body that she is healed.