Mark 5:28

28 for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

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 undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

27 heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak;

28 for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

29 In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.

30 Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"