Mark 5:28

28 saying to herself, "If I just touch his clothes, I will get well."

Mark 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:28

For she said
Within herself, such were her thoughts, and so great her faith:

if I may touch but his clothes I shall be whole;
(See Gill on Matthew 9:21).

Mark 5:28 In-Context

26 even though she had been treated by many doctors. She had spent all her money, but instead of getting better she got worse all the time.

27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came in the crowd behind him,

28 saying to herself, "If I just touch his clothes, I will get well."

29 She touched his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once; and she had the feeling inside herself that she was healed of her trouble.

30 At once Jesus knew that power had gone out of him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"