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Mark 3:10

For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

KJV

πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐθεράπευσεν, ὥστε ἐπιπίπτειν αὐτῷ, ἵνα αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται, ὅσοι εἶχον μάστιγας.

Greek NT

multos enim sanabat, ita ut irruerent in eum ut illum tangerent, quotquot habebant plagas.

Vulgate

for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.

ASV

For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
μάστιξ
mastix
noun · 6×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ἐπιπίπτω
epipipto
verb · 12×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1504Often Jesus asks the sick to believe.107 He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,108 mud and washing.109 The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all."110 and so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.

Cross-references

  • Acts 19:11 — And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
  • Luke 4:40 — Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
  • Luke 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
  • Luke 7:21 — And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
  • Mark 5:29 — And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
  • Mark 6:56 — 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 t
  • Mark 6:56 — 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 t
  • Matt 4:23 — And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
  • Matt 4:23 — And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
  • Matt 14:36 — And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
  • Matt 14:36 — And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.