Matthew 14:36
and they besought him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.
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Numbers 15:38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
Luke 6:19And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [them] all.
John 7:23If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
Acts 4:9if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;
Acts 19:11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:35-36
The People of Gennesaret Flock to Christ. 34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. We have here an account of miracles by wholesale, which Christ wrought on the other side of the water, in the land of Gennesaret.… Read the whole commentary →