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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 touched him were made whole.

KJV

καὶ ὅπου ἐὰν εἰσεπορεύετο εἰς κώμας ἢ εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰς ἀγροὺς, ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἐτίθεσαν τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα κἂν τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται· καὶ ὅσοι ἂν ἥψαντο αὐτοῦ ἐσώζοντο.

Greek NT

Et quocumque introibat, in vicos, vel in villas aut civitates, in plateis ponebant infirmos, et deprecabantur eum, ut vel fimbriam vestimenti ejus tangerent, et quotquot tangebant eum, salvi fiebant.

Vulgate

And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, 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.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσπορεύομαι
eisporeuomai
verb · 18×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράσπεδον
kraspedon
noun · 5×
κώμη
kome
noun · 26×
κἄν
kan
conditional · 16×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
σώζω
sozo
verb · 106×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
ἀγορά
agora
noun · 11×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
e
particle · 346×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰς | RP: πόλεις ἢ
  • εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰςSBLGNT
  • εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πόλεις ἢRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐτίθεσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐτίθεσαν | RP: ἐτίθουν
  • ἐτίθεσανSBLGNT
  • ἐτίθεσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐτίθουνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἥψαντο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἥψαντο | RP: ἥπτοντο
  • ἥψαντοSBLGNT
  • ἥψαντοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἥπτοντοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 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

  • 2Kgs 13:21 — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Eli
  • Acts 4:12 — Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  • Acts 5:15 — Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
  • Luke 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
  • Luke 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
  • Luke 8:44 — Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
  • Luke 8:44 — Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
  • Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
  • Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
  • Mark 5:27 — When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
  • Mark 5:27 — When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
  • Matt 9:20 — And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
  • Matt 9:20 — And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
  • Matt 9:35 — And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
  • Matt 12:15 — But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
  • Num 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of