Mark 6:56 Meaning and Explanation
“And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Wherever Jesus goes, the sick are laid in the streets, begging to touch even the border of his garment, and all who touch him are made whole.
What Does Mark 6:56 Mean?
The chapter closes with mercy flooding every street. In villages, cities, and countryside the sick are laid out wherever Jesus walks, pleading to touch even the fringe of his garment, the tasseled border devout Israelites wore. And the result is unqualified: as many as touched him were made whole.
The faith is small and the contact is slight, a fingertip on a hem, yet it is enough, because the power is not in the reach but in the one reached. The word for made whole also means saved, and the double sense is the gospel in miniature: whoever touches Christ in faith, however trembling the hand, is not turned away.
Mark 6:56 in the Original Language
sozo (σῴζω), 'made whole' -- to save, heal, or rescue.
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What does Mark 6:56 mean?
Wherever Jesus goes, the sick are laid in the streets, begging to touch even the border of his garment, and all who touch him are made whole.