Matteo 9:21

21 Perché, diceva fra sé: Sol ch’io tocchi la sua veste, sarò guarita.

Matteo 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 9:21

For she said within herself
That is, she thought within herself, she reasoned the matter in her mind, she concluded upon it, and firmly believed it; being strongly impressed and influenced by the Spirit of God, and encouraged by instances of cures she had heard were performed by persons only touching him; see ( Luke 6:19 )

if I may but touch his garment.
The Arabic version reads it, "the hem of his garment", as before; but is not supported by any copy, nor by any other version: her faith was, that if she might be allowed, or if she could by any means come at him, to touch any part of his garment, she should have a cure:

I shall be whole,
or "I shall be saved"; that is, from her disease, from which she could have no deliverance, by the advice and prescriptions of all her former physicians, and by all the means she had made use of.

Matteo 9:21 In-Context

19 E Gesù, alzatosi, lo seguiva co’ suoi discepoli.

20 Ed ecco una donna, malata d’un flusso di sangue da dodici anni, accostatasi per di dietro, gli toccò il lembo della veste.

21 Perché, diceva fra sé: Sol ch’io tocchi la sua veste, sarò guarita.

22 E Gesù, voltatosi e vedutala, disse: Sta’ di buon animo, figliuola; la tua fede t’ha guarita. E da quell’ora la donna fu guarita.

23 E quando Gesù fu giunto alla casa del capo della sinagoga, ed ebbe veduto i sonatori di flauto e la moltitudine che facea grande strepito, disse loro: Ritiratevi;