Mark
Healing from God will produce a holistic experience of healing the emotional, physical, and social.
The account of Mark goes into the most detail about the woman’s process of looking for healing within the available healthcare system. Her need of healing led her to see many health care physicians, but their system did not work for her. Rather, the health care system led her to be worse than she was before, because she had been financially depleted by this system (Mark 5:26). The healing Jesus gave to the two daughters was more than a healing these healthcare systems could offered. His healing was a type that would restore a person to a holistic health. The focus on a holistic healing is communicated in the details of Mark’s account. …show more content…
The only main male character that enters the scene is also concerned with the development of the main female characters, the little girl. The entire communication of this text is focused on women. All three authors highlight the importance Jesus places on the development of women. This importance is communicated in how Jesus prioritizes the needs of his day. Jesus could have spent the entire day tending to the needs of the crowd. They were attracted to Jesus with a purpose. The crowd knew Jesus had something to offer, so the crowd had needs. Yet, Jesus’s attention is focused on women. Jesus immediately responded to the need of the little girl. On his way to tend to this need, another pressing need arises. The unnamed woman appears on the …show more content…
The new character is the mother of the little girl. The mother is not described in the narrative until after Jesus appears in their household (Luke 8:51). The introduction of the mother character at this point hints at the responsibility unique to a father’s position. The father is the one who was given the responsibility to advocate. The mother is brought into the storyline after the advocating process has occurred. Inclusion of the mother being a minor character highlighted how both parents are need for the healing of their little
Healing from God will produce a holistic experience of healing the emotional, physical, and social.
The account of Mark goes into the most detail about the woman’s process of looking for healing within the available healthcare system. Her need of healing led her to see many health care physicians, but their system did not work for her. Rather, the health care system led her to be worse than she was before, because she had been financially depleted by this system (Mark 5:26). The healing Jesus gave to the two daughters was more than a healing these healthcare systems could offered. His healing was a type that would restore a person to a holistic health. The focus on a holistic healing is communicated in the details of Mark’s account. …show more content…
The only main male character that enters the scene is also concerned with the development of the main female characters, the little girl. The entire communication of this text is focused on women. All three authors highlight the importance Jesus places on the development of women. This importance is communicated in how Jesus prioritizes the needs of his day. Jesus could have spent the entire day tending to the needs of the crowd. They were attracted to Jesus with a purpose. The crowd knew Jesus had something to offer, so the crowd had needs. Yet, Jesus’s attention is focused on women. Jesus immediately responded to the need of the little girl. On his way to tend to this need, another pressing need arises. The unnamed woman appears on the …show more content…
The new character is the mother of the little girl. The mother is not described in the narrative until after Jesus appears in their household (Luke 8:51). The introduction of the mother character at this point hints at the responsibility unique to a father’s position. The father is the one who was given the responsibility to advocate. The mother is brought into the storyline after the advocating process has occurred. Inclusion of the mother being a minor character highlighted how both parents are need for the healing of their little