In literature, there is...
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In literature, there is a type of narrative called "a story within a story." This concept can be extended to include as many stories as there are within a story. The point is that there are several stories which unfold as the main story is told. This suggests that no story can really be told with its due impact, without telling all that transpired in its making.
Looking at the preceding pericope and the succeeding one of this passage, we see the story's continuity. And, we discover that the story of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter, which includes healing the woman with the issue of blood, is a story within the story of Jesus' life among his people.
One becomes breathless following the narrative from one miracle to the next. It looks as though Mark could hardly wait to put it on paper, as though he stood close by, like a cub reporter covering his first major story. One can feel his awe, his excitement, as he records one event after the other.
Christ does so much in the heart and the life of each of us that we are inspired, eager tellers of our own story. My journal reads like a story within a story, within a story, within a story....
- Perry-Daniel
