Luke 8:46

46 And Iesus sayd: Some body touched me. For I perceave that vertue is gone out of me.

Luke 8:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:46

And Jesus said, somebody hath touched me
Not in a common and accidental way, but with design, and in the strength of faith:

for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me:
for the cure of the person that had touched him, and that not without his knowledge and will; (See Gill on Luke 6:19).

Luke 8:46 In-Context

44 came behinde him and touched the hem of his garmet and immediatly her issue of bloud staunched.

45 And Iesus sayde: Who is it that touched me? when every man denyed Peter and they yt were with him sayde: Master the people thrust the and vexe the: and sayest thou who touched me?

46 And Iesus sayd: Some body touched me. For I perceave that vertue is gone out of me.

47 When the woman sawe that she was not hid she came trimblynge and fell at is fete and tolde him before all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediatly.

48 And he sayde vnto hyr: Doughter be of good comforte Thy faith hath made the hoale goo in peace.