Mark 5:32

Mark 5:32 Meaning and Explanation

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

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Jesus keeps looking around the crowd to see the one who touched him.

What Does Mark 5:32 Mean?

Jesus lets the objection pass and keeps searching the faces -- Mark, who knows how the story ends, writes that he looked round "to see her that had done this thing." The gaze is patient and unhurried; he will wait until she comes forward.

He will not let her disappear with an anonymous cure, because he has more to give her than the healing -- a word, a name, a peace she cannot carry off from the hem of a garment. Christ insists on knowing and being known; his gifts are invitations to himself. So his eyes move through the crowd, not to catch a culprit, but to find a daughter.

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What does Mark 5:32 mean?

Jesus keeps looking around the crowd to see the one who touched him.

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