Mark 5:31

31 And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"

Mark 5:31 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:31

And his disciples said unto him
Peter, and they that were with him; after the crowd that were about him denied that any of them had touched him; see ( Luke 8:45 ) ,

thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou who touched
me?
They seem astonished at his question, and answer with some degree of warmth, and almost ready to charge it as weak: and impertinent; since, as there was such a crowd about him, pressing him on every side, he could not but be touched by many; and therefore to ask who touched him, when this was the case, they thought was a very strange and unnecessary question.

Mark 5:31 In-Context

29 And immediately her {hemorrhage stopped} and she realized in her body that she was healed of her suffering.
30 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"
31 And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"
32 And he was looking around to see the one who had done this.
33 So the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
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