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What the Fathers say

Mark 5:34

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Macr. v. Chrys. Hom. in Mat. 31.) He calls her daughter because she was saved by her faith; for faith in Christ makes us His children.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

Therefore the Lord did not say, "I have saved you," but "your faith has saved you; go in peace," that is, in rest. The meaning of these words is this: be at peace, you who until now have been in sorrow and distress.

Commentary on Mark ↗

Clement of Alexandria

This is in reality righteousness, not to desire other things, but to be entirely the consecrated temple of the Lord. Righteousness is peace of life and a well-conditioned state, to which the Lord dismissed her when He said, "Depart into peace." For Salem is, by interpretation, peace; of which our Saviour is enrolled King, as Moses says, Melchizedek king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who gave bread and wine, furnishing consecrated food for a type of the Eucharist. …

The Stromata Book 4 ↗

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

Few are they who by faith touch him; multitudes are they who throng about him.

Sermon 62.4 ↗

Bede

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace and be healed of your affliction." He did not say, "Your faith will save you," but "has saved you." For in the fact that you believed, you are already saved. While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader's house, saying, "Your daughter has died; why bother the teacher any further?" As the woman was cured of the flow of blood, the daughter of the synagogue leader was immediately reported dead, because while the Church is cleansed from the stain of …

On the Gospel of Mark ↗