Alētheia

Text: Mark 5:25–34 “ 28  …because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I shall be healed.” Mark 5:28 Introduction There are moments in the Bible that are dramatic because everyone can see what is happening. The Red Sea parts, the walls of Jericho collapse, Lazarus gets up and walks out of his own tomb alive. But then there are moments when something extraordinary happens almost unnoticed. We find one such moment or event recorded in Mark chapter 5. Jesus is on his way to the house of Jairus whose daughter was dying. As He walks along He is surrounded by a crowd of people and they are pressing against Him from every direction. There is noise and confusion. There is urgency. And somewhere in that crowd is a woman. Now we are not told her name or where she was born. We do not know her family or really anything else at all about her up to that point. And after this day and event we are discussing we don’t know what became of her. But we know one thing about her: She believed that...