The passage Mark 5:21-43 tells the story of faith and how two critically ill “daughters” who were beyond human help were healed by Jesus Christ (Guelich 304). The story takes place as Jesus crosses a lake into the Gentile territory. Once he arrived on land he was surrounded by people that came all over to see him. The president of the synagogue named Jarius approached him at once and pleaded “Jesus my little daughter is close to death you must come and put your hands on her so she will live” (Mann 281). So Jesus went with Jarius. As he moved through the very large crowd a woman who had a hemorrhage for “twelve years” decided as long as she touched his cloak she will be cured, “without Jesus’s consent” she reached for his clothes and was cured
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The passage can be defined as miracle stories, biography, and is said to be part of “Markan style” (Guelich 298). Some phrases,words, or scenes of the passage are seen through a different context present day. For example, after the woman with the blood disease touches Jesus’s clothes and is healed he asks “Who touched my clothes?” (Mann 289). For she was struck with fear and immediately “fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth” (Guelich 295). Fear as most acknowledge is being afraid or feeling unpleasant. The woman however related fear as being scared because she knew she was unclean compared to Jesus and was afraid that she rendered Jesus unclean. Another example is when Jesus and Jarius arrived at the synagogue Jesus asked “Why do you make commotion and weep? The child is but sleeping” (Mann 286). During Jesus’s time when someone passed on even for the poorest funerals, there would be wailing and music. Today loudly wailing, crying and causing commotion seems strange however that was the tradition during that time period. The passage is influenced by the Old Testament or Torah. There are many stories that relate to these two stories for example Lazarus of Bethany and his resurrection after being deceased for four days. Another similarity is the story of Jesus Healing the Ten Men With Leprosy and how in the end only one came back and Jesus stated “Rise and go; your faith has made you well” (Donahue
The passage can be defined as miracle stories, biography, and is said to be part of “Markan style” (Guelich 298). Some phrases,words, or scenes of the passage are seen through a different context present day. For example, after the woman with the blood disease touches Jesus’s clothes and is healed he asks “Who touched my clothes?” (Mann 289). For she was struck with fear and immediately “fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth” (Guelich 295). Fear as most acknowledge is being afraid or feeling unpleasant. The woman however related fear as being scared because she knew she was unclean compared to Jesus and was afraid that she rendered Jesus unclean. Another example is when Jesus and Jarius arrived at the synagogue Jesus asked “Why do you make commotion and weep? The child is but sleeping” (Mann 286). During Jesus’s time when someone passed on even for the poorest funerals, there would be wailing and music. Today loudly wailing, crying and causing commotion seems strange however that was the tradition during that time period. The passage is influenced by the Old Testament or Torah. There are many stories that relate to these two stories for example Lazarus of Bethany and his resurrection after being deceased for four days. Another similarity is the story of Jesus Healing the Ten Men With Leprosy and how in the end only one came back and Jesus stated “Rise and go; your faith has made you well” (Donahue