Christ Discriminates His Healing Virtue
Bp. Hall. Mark 5:24-34 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.… Who would not think that a man might ladle up a dish of water out of the sea, without its being missed? Yet that water, though much, is finite; those drops may be numbered: that art which hath reckoned how many grains of sand would make up a world, could more easily compute how many drops of water would make up an ocean. Whereas, the mercies of God are absolutely infinite, and beyond all possibility of proportion; and yet this bashful soul cannot steal one drop of mercy from this endless, boundless, bottomless sea of Divine bounty, but it is felt and questioned. (Bp. Hall.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. WEB: He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.