Mark 5:23
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
KJV
καὶ παρακαλεῖ αὐτὸν πολλὰ λέγων ὅτι τὸ θυγάτριόν μου ἐσχάτως ἔχει, ἵνα ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ ἵνα σωθῇ καὶ ζήσῃ.
Greek NT
et deprecabatur eum multum, dicens : Quoniam filia mea in extremis est, veni, impone manum super eam, ut salva sit, et vivat.
Vulgate
and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.
ASV
And he besought him much, saying: My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- παρακαλεῖ — SBLGNT
- παρακαλεῖ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- παρεκάλει — Robinson-Pierpont
- τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ — SBLGNT
- τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἵνα — SBLGNT
- ἵνα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὅπως — Robinson-Pierpont
- ζήσῃ — SBLGNT
- ζήσῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ζήσεται — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§994But there is more. Jesus links faith in the resurrection to his own person: "I am the Resurrection and the life."542 It is Jesus himself who on the last day will raise up those who have believed in him, who have eaten his body and drunk his blood.543 Already now in this present life he gives a sign and pledge of this by restoring some of the dead to life,544 announcing thereby …
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:11 — But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover th
- 2Sam 12:15 — And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
- Acts 9:12 — And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
- Acts 28:8 — And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
- Jas 5:14 — Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
- John 4:49 — The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
- Luke 4:38 — And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
- 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 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 13:13 — And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
- Luke 13:13 — And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
- Mark 1:30 — But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
- Mark 6:5 — And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Mark 7:32 — And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- Mark 7:32 — And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- Mark 8:23 — And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- Mark 8:23 — And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- Mark 9:21 — And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
- Mark 16:18 — They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- Mark 16:18 — They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- Matt 8:7 — And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
- Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Ps 107:19 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.