Not only does Mark offer us this powerful list of participles, he also uses progressively more intense language to communicate the seriousness of her malady. Gundry goes on to write that “the shift from…‘flow’ (v 25), to…‘fountain,’ [v 29] and the further description of the malady as a … ‘whip, scourge, affliction,’ emphasize the severity of her condition.”[3] This discharge of blood was profoundly debilitating to her health and to her life.