Luke 8:44

approaching from behind, touched the hem of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

In Context

43Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who though she had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone,

45And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the crowds are pressing You hard and crowding You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

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Cross References

Matthew 20:34And Jesus, having compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

Mark 6:56And wherever He would enter into villages, or towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and they would beg Him at least that they might touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were healed.

Luke 13:13And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and was glorifying God.

Acts 5:15so that they were bringing the sick out into the streets, and placing them on couches and pallets, so that as Peter was passing, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:41-56

The Issue of Blood Healed; The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve… Read the whole commentary →

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