φοβ. καὶ τρέμ., fearing and trembling, the two states closely connected and often combined (2 Corinthians 7:15; Ephesians 6:5; Philippians 2:12). εἰδυῖα, etc., explains her emotion: she knew what had happened to her, and thought what a dreadful thing it would be to have the surreptitiously obtained benefit recalled by an offended benefactor disapproving her secrecy and her bold disregard of the ceremonial law. πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, the whole truth, which would include not only what she had just done, but her excuse for doing it the pitiful tale of chronic misery. From that tale impressively told, heard by disciples, and not easily to be forgotten, the particulars in Mark 5:26 were in all probability derived.

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