Mark 6:56 (WEB)
Wherever he entered—into villages, or into cities, or into the country—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Catechism · 1
“The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 6:19; cf. Mk 1:41; 3:10; 6:56.
Fathers and councils · 9
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Mark 6:56) Such works as these no one else had done in them.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Not weak was the Lord of hosts when He gave sight to the blind, made the crooked to stand upright, raised the dead to life, anticipated the effects of medicine at our prayers, and cured them that besought Him, and when to touch the fringe of His robe was to be purified.” — editor's note: S. Mark vi. 56.
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter IV.—Of the Words, “The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a Great Deal They Published It;” And of the Question Whether that Statement is Not Inconsistent with His Prescience, Which is…
Read the whole comment“In another passage also it is said by Mark: “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.”” — editor's note: Mark vi. 56.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
The Evangelist, having shewn the danger which the disciples had sustained in their passage, and their deliverance from it, now shews the place to which they sailed, saying, “And when they had passed over, they came…
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The Lord remained at the above-mentioned place for some time. Therefore the Evangelist subjoins, “And when they had come out of the ship, straightway they knew Him,” That is, the inhabitants of the country.
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But they knew Him by report, not by His features; or through the greatness of His miracles, even His person was known to some. See too how great was the faith of the men of the land of Gennesaret, so that they were…
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For they did not call Him to their houses that He might heal them, but rather the sick themselves were brought to Him. Wherefore it also follows: “And whithersoever He entered into villages, or cities, or country,…
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Furthermore that which is said, “And as many as touched Him were made whole,” shall be fulfilled, when grief and mourning shall fly away.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together with
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:53–56 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Parallel passages
Matthew 14:36 and Mark 6:56 share the same wording (16 words).