ὥστε ἐπιπίπτειν : so that they knocked against Him; one of Mk.'s vivid touches. They hoped to obtain a cure by contact anyhow brought about, even by rude collision. μάστιγας, from μάστιξ, a scourge, hence tropically in Sept [19] and N. T., a providential scourge, a disease; again in Mark 5:29; Mark 5:34.

[19]Septuagint.

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