Mark 5 gives us examples of the power of God acting to change the lives of people. The first two are people who are both shunned by society, one man because he is filled with demons (v. 2) and one woman because of her 12-year bleeding that has made her ceremonially unclean (v. 25).

Both of these people in Mark 5 had tried all the natural power remedies available at the time without results. But something is about to change as God brings His authority, His spiritual power, over their situations.