Sought to touch him (εζητουν απτεσθα αυτου). Imperfect active. One can see the surging, eager crowd pressing up to Jesus. Probably…

Virtue Healing power.

See Barnes on Mark 5:30.

there went virtue out of him (Mark 5:30; [Reference Luke 8…

There went virtue out of him.—The use of the term “virtue” (or power) in this technical sense is peculiar to Sa…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: After the Apostles were ordained and large crowds had gathered from the region of Judea and the coast…

The “level place” is probably a flat area or plateau on the “mountainside” mentioned in Mt 5:1. Luke mentions a “large crowd” of Jesus’ disciples p…

And the whole multitude sought to touch him
That is, the multitude of those that were sick and po e ed; for they wer…

We often think half an hour is a great deal of time to spend in meditation and private prayer, but Christ spent entire nights engaged in these duti…