Mark 5:34

ἡ πίστις σου σ. σ. Cf. Mark 10:52. Calvin points out that these words do not encourage a belief in the efficacy of relics. With the address comp. τέκνον (Mark 2:5).

ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην. Cf. Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 20:42. Stronger than ἐν εἰρήνῃ (Acts 16:36; James 2:16), which attaches the peace to the moment of departure rather than to the subsequent life. Vade in pace (Vulg.) is inadequate.

ἴσθι ὑγιὴς�. Be safe from; there is no fear of a return of the infliction. See on Mark 3:10.

Bernice or Veronica as the name of this woman first appears in the Acts of Pilate, Gospel of Nicodemus i. 7. Eusebius (H. E. vii. 18) saw statues at Caesarea which were erroneously believed to represent Christ and this woman. Sozomen (Mark 5:21) and Philostorgius (Mark 7:3) say that Julian removed the statue of Christ and set up one of himself, which was destroyed by lightning. Ps.-Ambrosius (serm. 46) has the strange idea that this woman was Martha, the sister of Lazarus. Macarius Magnes (Mark 1:6) makes her a princess of Edessa.