Mark 6:56

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

They laid

Acts 5:15

Touch

The border

General references

Matthew 9:35

Matthew 19:2

Bible References

They laid

to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power].

Touch

for He had healed many, and as a result all who had diseases pressed around Him to touch Him.

She had heard [reports] about Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His outer robe.

And it happened that as a man was being buried [on an open bier], they saw a marauding band [coming]; and they threw the man into Elisha’s grave. But when the [body of the] man [was being let down and] touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.

All the people were trying to touch Him, because [healing] power was coming from Him and healing them all.

But Jesus replied, “Stop! No more of this.” And He touched the ear and healed him.

if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,

The border

“Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them to make for themselves tassels on the hems of their garments throughout their generations, and put a cord of blue on the tassel of each hem.

“You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your outer garment with which you cover yourself.

Then a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the [tassel] fringe of His outer robe;

came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His outer robe, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

General references

Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages [in Galilee], teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness [His words and His works reflecting His Messiahship].

and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.