Luke 8:44

44 came up behind [him] [and] touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately {her hemorrhaging} stopped.

Luke 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Luke 8:44 In-Context

42 because {he had} an only daughter, about twelve years [old], and she was dying. Now as he was going, the crowds were pressing against him.

43 And a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} for twelve years (who, [although she] had spent all [her] assets on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone)

44 came up behind [him] [and] touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately {her hemorrhaging} stopped.

45 And Jesus said, "Who [is] the one who touched me?" And [when they] all denied [it], Peter said, "Master, the crowds are pressing you hard and crowding [you]!"

46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, because I know power has gone out from me."

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came up") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] Literally "the flow of her blood"