Mark 5:28

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be saved.

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 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 from behind among the multitude and touched his garment.

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be saved.

29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned to the crowd and said, Who touched my clothes?