Mark 5:36
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
KJV
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς παρακούσας τὸν λόγον λαλούμενον λέγει τῷ ἀρχισυναγώγῳ· μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.
Greek NT
Jesus autem audito verbo quod dicebatur, ait archisynagogo : Noli timere : tantummodo crede.
Vulgate
But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
ASV
But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
παρακούω
parakouo
verb · 3×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀρχισυνάγωγος
archisunagogos
noun · 9×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: παρακούσας | WH/Treg/NIV: παρακούσας | RP: εὐθέως ἀκούσας
- παρακούσας — SBLGNT
- παρακούσας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εὐθέως ἀκούσας — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
§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 …
§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.
§2616Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrection: Jesus hears the prayer of faith, expressed in words (the leper, Jairus, the Canaanite woman, the good thief)84 or in silence (the bearers of the paralytic, the woman with a hemorrhage who touches his clothes, the tears and ointment of the sinful…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the L
- John 4:48 — Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
- John 11:40 — Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
- Luke 8:50 — But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
- Luke 8:50 — But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
- Mark 5:34 — And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
- Mark 9:23 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
- Matt 9:28 — And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
- Matt 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
- Rom 4:18 — Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.