Mark 5:31 Commentary and Bible Study

The disciples are not thinking spiritually. They should have known that there was more to the Lord’s words than the obvious meaning, which even they could see made no sense. How can you speak of a single person touching you, as if there is only one, when the whole crowd is pressing upon you? They failed to take the route to the proper understanding of what he had said, because they forgot the nature of the blessing he had come to give. Yet they were confused because they knew that he welcomed the crowds and was incapable of irritation as someone else saying this might be. This failure in their understanding was to be blamed, because they had seen enough miracles already to know that he could not mean something so obvious, yet he dealt gently with them and ignored their mistake. But Christ had no doubts about what had happened, and he did not take back a word. He knew that what he had said was right, and he spoke to the one person in that crowd who would be able to understand the meaning of what he had said. Never mind that other had difficulty understanding him because of their darkness of mind. The Lord does deal with his children as little children at times, but he also set bigger steps before them at times to teach them to stride forward in their faith. The disciples would subsequently see exactly what he meant and ask themselves why they were unable to understand him.