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Mark
5:21-43
 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Healing. |
| The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
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I.III.3,
II.XXII,
V.XIII.1,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus
of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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IV.25,
VI.14, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "By faith fathers apprehended
the promises of life even for their children." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "We may suppose Jairus
hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told
that his daughter was dead. But have we not as much occasion for the
grace of God, and the comfort of his Spirit, for the prayers of our
ministers and Christian friends, when death is in the house, as when
sickness is there?" |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "He commanded something
should be given her to eat - So that when either natural or
spiritual life is restored, even by immediate miracle, all proper
means are to be used in order to preserve it." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Christ, conscious of the
approach and condition of this woman, voluntarily healed her. His
language that follows is to bring out the moral issue. He cured her,
not by touch or word, as was usual with him, but by act of will. By
his question he called out her public confession. Faith saves. It
may not be intelligent faith, for this woman was not well
instructed, but is a faith strong enough to lead to action." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5:1 - 6:6, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
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"Jesus
Raises Jairus' Daughter and Heals the Bleeding Woman,"
Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of
Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary
on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places,
events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost
4" William Loader, Murdoch University,
Uniting Church in Australia.
| "...the sacredness of this text lies less in what
history it might purport to tell and more in what it celebrates." |
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| Should
I touch him? - a Reflection on Mark 5:25-34; Matthew 9:20-22;
Luke 7:42b-48, William Loader. |
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Healing Jarius' Daughter and Woman with Hemmorhage,
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis. |
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia. |
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Exegesis,
Proper 8B,
by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
| "Faith is a key component in both of these stories." |
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| Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
| "Jesus mixes everything up.
Jesus doesn't become unclean by contact with the unclean people.
They don't bring him down to their level. Jesus' holiness transforms
their uncleanness." |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Ordinary 13B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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"Arise," Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach.
"Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "The Greek term for arise [GSN1453 egeiro] is
fascinating. It would refer to a life-changing event, command, or
challenge that would pull someone out of obscurity, inactivity,
nonexistence, or, in our case, near-death." |
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| "That Healing
Touch," analysis and reflections by Ed Schroeder, at Sabbatheology by The
Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
| "Touching Jesus or being touched
by Jesus made all the difference." |
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"He Heals
the Sick and Raises the Dead,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "God's
Timely Touch," analysis and reflections by Carolyn Schneider at
Sabbatheology from The Crossings Community of Saint Louis.
| "The number twelve represents
the full year of months, the fullness of time. The "time is
fulfilled," Jesus had said. When? By faith this begins now
because it is faith that holds on to Jesus..." |
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| Environmental &
earth-centered reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental
Stewardship Commission. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Mark 5,"
wikipedia. |
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"Jesus as Healer," John J. Pilch,
(other resources at)
"Health," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2007.
| "As a folk healer, Jesus restored meaning to
people’s lives...Are we engaged in
life-giving or death-dealing deeds? Are we restoring meaning to
life, or robbing it of the meaning intended by the Creator?" |
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"First Century Models of Bodily Healing and Their Socio-Rhetorical
Transformation in some New Testament Synoptic Gospel Traditions," L.
Gregory Bloomquist, Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power. |
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"Everything Is Possible for One Who Believes,"
Sigurd Grindheim, Trinity Journal, 2005.
| "The negative counterpart to the idea of religious
faith as a prerequisite for healing is the thought that suffering is a
consequence of sin." |
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"Miracles,
In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings," Jerome H. Neyrey,
University of Notre Dame, 1995.
| "...we should attend to the
institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does
the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role
do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What
if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the
temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political
implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom.
The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the
emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant.
8.45-48)." |
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| "Women
Transformed: The Ending of Mark is the Beginning of Wisdom," by Marie Sabin in
CrossCurrents, Summer 1998.
| "The raising up of the little
girl thus echoes the raising up of the mother-in-law and anticipates
the raising up of Jesus. At the same time, the renewed life of the
twelve-year-old girl is linked structurally to the healing of the
"unclean" woman. In this way Mark suggests that the
transformations of all three women are related theologically, not
only to each other, but also to the transformed life which the
disciples witness in Jesus." |
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| "Demonism in
Jewish/Hellenistic Literature and Its Relation to Mark 5," by Greg Herrick at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "The Jewish source
materials that were written in and around the era of the shaping of the
N.T. contribute greatly to an understanding of the
historical/theological milieu of the Scriptures, in particular in this
study, references to demons and their relation to Mark 5." |
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| "Faith Healing,"
Kenneth W. Collins. At Ken Collins' Web Site.
| "When we pray for healing, who
must have faith?." |
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| "The
Changing Role of Women in the Early Christian World,"
Howard Clark Kee, University of Pennsylvania. Theology Today,
1992.
| "If the church in our time
were to take with full seriousness the radical openness toward women
and their participation in the life of God's people that
characterized the movement at the outset, it could result in a
significant contribution toward renewal of both the church and the
human race." |
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"Moses / Jesus / Women: Does the New Testament Offer a Feminist Message?"
Esther Fuchs, Cross Currents, 1999.
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"Reading Jesus as a feminist perpetuates
anti-Judaic traditions in Christian theology." |
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"Blurring
the Boundaries: A Response to Howard C. Kee,"
Virginia Burrus, The Theological School at Drew University. Theology
Today, 1992.
| "...a blurring of
religious or cultural boundaries in our historical
reconstructions may cut against the smugness that frequently
creeps into Christian discussions of Judaism and other religious
traditions. The roots of a distinctive Christian feminism would
appear to be entangled in Jewish and pagan traditions, rather
than emerging in pure and radical opposition to those
traditions. Second, a blurring of chronological boundaries in
our historical reconstructions may cut against the tendency to
locate orthodox or authentic Christianity almost purely in a
statically defined "golden age" of the distant past.
After all, how liberating is it for Christian women to be
invited to focus exclusively on "the insights of Jesus and
Paul"?" |
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| "Women
and Conflict," Pamela Cooper-White at The Living Pulpit.
| "Women often avoid
disagreement in order to preserve relationship, but often at the
expense of their own truth and sometimes their safety as well." |
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"Jairus's
Daughter: Was She Dead or Wasn't She?" Farrell Till, The
Skeptical Review, 1994.
| "The major problem in the
story, then, is quite simple: was the girl dead when her father came
to Jesus for help or wasn't she? Mark said Jairus told Jesus that
his daughter was lying at the point of death, and Luke simply
said that "she was dying." Matthew, however, had the
girl's father say, "My daughter has just died."" |
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"Jairus's
Daughter: Dead But Raised to Live Again," Roger W.
Hutchinson, The Skeptical Review, 1996.
| "Matthew and Mark could
not have been paraphrasing one unique statement made by Jairus,
as Till wrongly assumes. Instead, they must have recorded two
unique and different statements made by Jairus." |
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| Menstruation: Seven Lonely
Days, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in
the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Haber, Susan,
"A Woman's Touch: Feminist Encounters with the Hemorrhaging Woman in Mark
5:24-34," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003. |
| Loader, William,
"Challenged at the Boundaries: A Conservative Jesus in Mark's Tradition,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1996. (Section on this
text begins on
Page 58.) |
| Malbon, Elizabeth
Struthers,
"Fallible Followers: Women and Men in the Gospel of Mark," Semeia,
1983. |
| Maluleke, Tinyiko Sam,
"The Graveyardman, the 'Escaped Convict and the Girl-Child: A Mission of
Awakening, An Awakening of Mission," International Review of Mission,
2002. |
| Powell, Charles E.,
"The 'Passivity' of Jesus in Mark 5:25-34,"
Bibliotheca Sacra,
2005. |
| Selvidge, Marla J.,
"Mark 5:25-34 and Leviticus 15:19-20: A Reaction to Restrictive Purity
Regulations," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1984. |
| Shomanah, Musa W. Dube,
"Fifty Years of Bleeding: A Storytelling Feminist Reading of Mark 5:24-43,"
Ecumenical Review, 1999. |
| West, Gerald,
"Constructing Critical and Contextual Readings with Ordinary Readers,"
Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 1995. |
| Wray, Judith Hoch,
"Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.) |
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| Reviews:
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Review: Cosimo Pagliara, La figura di
Elia nel vangelo di Marco: Aspetti semantici e funzionali.
Pontificia Universia Gregoriana, 2003. Review by Edward L Bode
in
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. (Review is in
English.) |
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Review:
Elisa Estévez López, El Poder de
una Mujer Creyente: Cuerpo, identidad y discipulado en Mc 5, 24b-34. Un
edstudio desde las ciencias sociales.
Editorial Verbo Divino, 2004. Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review:
Elisa Estévez López, El Poder de
una Mujer Creyente: Cuerpo, identidad y discipulado en Mc 5, 24b-34. Un
edstudio desde las ciencias sociales.
Editorial Verbo Divino, 2004. Review by Bruce J. Malina
in The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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Reviews:
Frances Taylor Gench, Back to the Well: Women's Encounters with Jesus in
the Gospels. Westminster John Knox, 2004. Reviews by Orysya Hachko,
Kelly Iverson, and Betsy J Bauman-Maring in SBL's Review of Biblical
Literature. |
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| Sermons:
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Pentecost 4,
2 July
2006, Jim Mueller, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Maggie and the Power of Faith,"
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"That None Be Left Out,"
Bishop L. Bevel Jones, Day 1,
2003. |
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"Get Up," Dean William
Willimon, Duke Chapel Sermon Archive, 1997. |
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"My Name is Jairus,"
Dr. Thomas Groome, Boston College, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday
Evening Club, 2000. |
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"Can One So Great
Care For one So Small?"
John Jewell, 2000. |
| Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist,"
Commentary and Homily:
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| The Weakness of the World: Mark 5:21 - 6:6, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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"Jairus's
Daughter,"
"Healing of
Jairus's Daughter," Fr. Max
Bowers, Kid's Church. |
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CatholicMom.com:
Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet for
younger and
older children,
Crossword Puzzle,
and Word Search
based on weekly gospel text. |
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"Jesus Heals
the Sick," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"There Is Power in a Touch,"
Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Raising of Jairus' Daughter,"
Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com. |
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"Getting Sick,
Getting Healed,"
children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
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"Mark 5 & 6
Crossword," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles. |
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| Drama: |
| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art Images:
Mark 5:21-43, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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Mark 5:21-43, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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Clip Art:
Jesus Raising Jairus' Daughter, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index: |
| Healing |
| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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| Literature and Literary References:
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| Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark |
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