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Mark 5:25

What does Mark 5:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 5:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 5:25 means

At this point, the narrative introduces a new character: a woman who had suffered for twelve long years from a chronic issue of blood. This condition, besides causing physical weakness, rendered her ceremonially unclean according to Levitical law, isolating her from society and religious worship. Her long-standing affliction highlights her desperate plight.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And a certain woman who had had a flux of blood twelve years,

Context

This verse introduces an interlude into the main narrative concerning Jairus's daughter. It abruptly shifts the focus to another individual in desperate need, creating a parallel story of suffering and faith that will dramatically intersect with Jesus' journey to Jairus's house.

v.24And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.

v.25This passage

v.26and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 15:19

    And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

  • Luke 8:43

    And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

  • Acts 4:22

    For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

  • John 5:5

    And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

  • Leviticus 15:25

    And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean.

  • Luke 13:11

    And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

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