For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
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For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
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For he had healed many in somoche that they preased apon him for to touche him as many as had plages.
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For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
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Passages linked to Mark 3:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 14:36 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
- Mark 6:56 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
- Matthew 4:23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Acts 19:11-12 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
- Luke 7:2 A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- Acts 5:15 They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Genesis 12:17 Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Numbers 11:33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
- Matthew 9:20-21 Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
- Matthew 12:15 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
- Matthew 14:14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Mark 5:27-29 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes. For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well.” Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- Mark 5:34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Hebrews 12:6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Diseases wherewith God scourgeth men as it were with…
Diseases wherewith God scourgeth men as it were with whips.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they…
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Ver. 10. As many as had plagues] Gr. μαστιγας, stripes, scourgings. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth with lesser and lighter afflictions, and scourgeth every son, &c., with hard and heavy judgments, as plagues, banishments, persecutions. Oh, the bloody wales that God hath left on the back of his best children! Heb 12:6. Non vulgares morbi sed saeviores, et inustulati, qui quasi clamitant de ira et poena divina.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he had healed many,.... Of various diseases, and…
For he had healed many,.... Of various diseases, and the fame of this brought more still to him:
insomuch that they pressed upon him; or pushed upon him, with great eagerness and violence. The Arabic version renders it, "they rushed upon him, so that they fell": they pushed on, and pressed so hard to get to him, that they fell upon one another, and on him: the Persic version renders it, "they cast themselves on him, for the sake of touching him"; which must be very troublesome indeed. Though some think the phrase signifies no more, than that they fell down before him at his feet, in a submissive and petitionary way, entreating they might have the favour
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for to touch him; either any part of his body, or his garments, even the hem of them: and so the Ethiopic version translates the words; "they prayed him that they might touch him"; see Mar 6:56.
As many as had plagues; of leprosy, and other diseases, which were inflicted on them by God, as scourges and chastisements for their sins, as the word signifies, and which answers to "Negaim"; concerning which, there is a whole treatise in the Misna; and which bears that name, and particularly regards the plagues of leprosy. Some versions join this with the beginning of the next verse. The Syriac version reads thus, "who had plagues of unclean spirits"; as if these plagues were their being possessed by unclean spirits. The Persic version thus, "having plagues from unclean spirits"; as if these plagues were inflicted upon them by them, and which was sometimes the case. The Arabic version after this manner, "who had diseases and unclean spirits"; both the one and the other.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Plagues or scourges (so the Greek word properly means)…
Plagues or scourges (so the Greek word properly means) seem to be those very painful or afflictive disorders which were frequently sent, or at least permitted of God, as a scourge or punishment of sin.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. They pressed upon him] Rushed upon him,…
Verse 10. They pressed upon him] Rushed upon him, επιπιπτειν - through eagerness to have their spiritual and bodily maladies immediately removed.
Plagues.] Rather disorders, μαστιγας; properly such disorders as were inflicted by the Lord. The word plague also tends to mislead.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As many as had plagues - As many as…
As many as had plagues - As many as had diseases or maladies of body or mind. The word plague, now confined to the pestilence, does not express the meaning of the original, and tends to mislead.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Plagues — Diseases recognized by the evangelist as…
10. Plagues — Diseases recognized by the evangelist as the result of sin. Such is, in truth, the source of all disease.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. plagues] The word thus rendered denotes (1) a…
10. plagues] The word thus rendered denotes (1) a whip or scourge, and is used in this sense in Act_22:24; Heb_11:36; (2) a plague or disease of the body. Comp. Mar_5:29; Mar_5:34; Luk_7:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) As many as had plagues.—Literally, scourges; the same…
(10) As many as had plagues.—Literally, scourges; the same word as in Act_22:24, Heb_11:36.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain As many as had plagues the Greek word is…
As many as had plagues the Greek word is mastigav ; literally, scourges, painful disorderspressed upon him (wste epipiptein autw); literally, fell upon him, clung to him, hoping that the very contact with him might heal them. This expression, "scourges," reminds us that diseases are a punishment on account of our sins.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain They pressed upon Him for to touch Him.
Mar_3:10
They pressed upon Him for to touch Him.
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Crowding to touch the Saviour
I. The parallel between the present times and those of the text. Jesus had healed many. These have been thoroughly and effectually restored. So far the parallel exists, but here is the marvel-that those who know this do not throng to Christ to obtain the self-same blessing.
II. What are the sins which prevent the carrying out of this parallel? Ignorance. Insensibility. Indifference. Procrastination. They really love the disease.
III. The grace which invites us to complete the parallel of the text. You are spared in this world. Spared to hear the gospel.
IV. Two cautions which seek to be needful. Never be content with merely pressing upon Christ. Do not be content with touching them who are healed. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
The desire for healing an instinct of humanity
As many as had plagues came to Jesus, that they might touch Him and be healed. Tell of the annual pilgrimages to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, where thousands gathered from all parts of England, believing that their needs could be supplied and their diseases healed at the shrine of the saint. It is their needs that today take so many to Lourdes and Knock. Two centuries ago-and the superstition is not dead yet-it was believed that the touch of a king could heal a certain painful disorder; how eagerly people sought for that touch is seen in the case of Charles II. of England, who, in his reign, touched over a hundred thousand persons for the healing of the kings evil. During the recent famines in India and in Turkey, the houses of the missionaries were besieged by crowds of hungry people seeking relief. When a medical missionary first appears in a new district, and his mission is made known to the people, the sick are brought to him from all the country around. It was therefore one of the commonest instincts of humanity that brought the needy to Jesus, in whom only they could find all that they sought.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:10 Jesus healed many people that day; perhaps he…
3:10 Jesus healed many people that day; perhaps he healed all the sick (cp. Matt 12:15).
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