Big Healing Book - Mark 5:22-43

Mark 5:22-43:

And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
And when he was come in, He saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi, which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

Notes on Mark 5:22-43:

The story of the woman with the issue of blood is deservedly a favorite among healing ministers because of its many lessons. The woman heard about Jesus and faith came. (Today, faith can come as you hear about Jesus and His healing power and what He already did to pay for your healing.) Then she went to Him expecting to receive. She obviously believed that she received something when she touched Jesus. Her faith was what pulled the anointing into her body from Jesus. Jesus wasn’t even aware that the woman was there, so it could not have been His faith. Jesus made it clear the woman’s faith, not His faith, healed her.

This woman could have been stoned for being out in public in her condition. She was desperate! She was broke and was just getting worse. This woman really wanted to be healed. She was willing to press through the crowd to get to Jesus. Perhaps at that point she was so desperate that she didn’t care if she died for trying to get to Jesus.

Where did she get the idea that she could touch Jesus’ clothes? Perhaps she was aware of the prophecy in Malachi 4:2, where the Messiah would have healing in His wings, which can refer to clothing.

When it comes to the girl, if you just read Matthew or Mark’s version, you could conclude that she was actually not dead but asleep and mistaken for dead. Thus, she would not really have been raised from the dead. However, Luke records that the people knew that she was dead.

Even when the gifts of the Spirit are in operation, healings are usually not unilateral operations of God. Many times, He makes the healing anointing available for all who want to come and receive it. The more faith the people operate in, the more easily the healing anointing will go into them. (This works both ways. If they operate in less faith, less will happen. Jesus was surely just as much the Anointed One at Nazareth, where people did not believe much and did not receive much.) We see this principle again where Jairus was told to “only believe” to see the miracle he needed. His faith had a part to play in the miracle.

The word virtue is the Greek word dumamis, which means power, not moral virtue as we would think of virtue today.

The same principle of the anointing saturating cloth items on the body of a healing minister and producing healing is found in Acts 19:11-12 where cloth items are taken from Paul’s body and people are healed and delivered.

Some people say, “It’s not over until it’s over,” but this miracle of raising the dead shows that with God, sometimes “It’s not over even AFTER it’s over!”