The Woman with the Issue of Blood

For twelve years this unnamed woman suffered continual bleeding, spending all she had on physicians who could not help her, a condition that under the Law also left her ceremonially unclean and socially isolated. Hearing of Jesus, she pressed through the crowd, believing that if she could only touch the hem of his garment she would be healed - and the moment she did, her bleeding stopped instantly. Jesus, perceiving that power had gone out from him, stopped to find her rather than let her slip away anonymously; trembling, she came forward and told him the whole truth. He called her "daughter," told her that her faith had made her well, and sent her away in peace - restoring not only her health but her dignity and place in the community, in the middle of an urgent journey to heal Jairus's dying daughter.

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Biography

Era: New Testament
Nationality: Jewish

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Did You Know?

Under Leviticus 15, her condition made everyone she touched unclean - her touch of Jesus reversed the flow: instead of defiling him, power healed her.

Twelve years of physicians had taken all her money - Mark notes she 'was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,' a physician's failure Luke the physician tactfully softens.

Jesus called her 'Daughter' - the only woman in the Gospels he addresses by that name.

Key Chapters

Mark 5 Healing of the Demoniac and Others 6 min read Her quiet faith - believing a mere touch would be enough - is rewarded instantly...

Key Passages

She Touches Jesus's Garment

Mark 5:25-29

Her quiet faith - believing a mere touch would be enough - is rewarded instantly, contrasting with the crowd pressing on Jesus without receiving anything.

A²⁵nd a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

²⁶ And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, ²⁷ When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. ²⁸ For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. ²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

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Jesus Calls Her Daughter

Mark 5:30-34

Jesus refuses to let her healing remain anonymous, publicly honoring her faith and restoring her fully to community life.

A³⁰nd Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

³¹ And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? ³² And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. ³³ But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. ³⁴ And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.