Luca 8:44

44 accostatasi di dietro, toccò il lembo della vesta di esso; e in quello stante il flusso del suo sangue si stagnò.

Luca 8:44 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:44

Came behind him
In the press and crowd of people, being ashamed to come before him, and tell him her case:

and touched the border of his garment
the fringe the Jews were obliged to wear at the bottom of their garments, ( Numbers 15:38 ) ( Deuteronomy 22:12 ) and which the more religious sort did, for by this they were distinguished from the common people: it is asked F16,

``who is a plebeian, or one of the common people? every one that does not read "Keriat Shema", (i.e. hear, O Israel), &c. ( Deuteronomy 6:4 ) morning and evening, with the blessings belonging to it, the words of R. Meir: but the wise men say, whoever does not put on the "Tephillin" (the frontlets, ( Deuteronomy 6:8 ) ) Ben Azzai says, whoever has not (tyuyu) , "the fringe" on his garment''
(See Gill on Matthew 9:20). This woman was persuaded in her own mind, if she could but touch the clothes of Christ, she should be healed, and accordingly she was:

and immediately her issue of blood staunched;
stopped, and was dried up; ( Mark 5:28 Mark 5:29 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F16 T. Bab Succa, fol. 22. 1.

Luca 8:44 In-Context

42 Perciocchè egli avea una figliuola unica, d’età d’intorno a dodici anni, la qual si moriva. Or mentre egli vi andava, la moltitudine l’affollava.
43 Ed una donna, la quale avea un flusso di sangue già da dodici anni, ed avea spesa ne’ medici tutta la sua sostanza, e non era potuta esser guarita da alcuno;
44 accostatasi di dietro, toccò il lembo della vesta di esso; e in quello stante il flusso del suo sangue si stagnò.
45 E Gesù disse: Chi mi ha toccato? E negandolo tutti, Pietro, e coloro ch’eran con lui, dissero: Maestro, le turbe ti stringono, e ti affollano, e tu dici: Chi mi ha toccato?
46 Ma Gesù disse: Alcuno mi ha toccato, perciocchè io ho conosciuto che virtù è uscita di me.
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