Luke 8:43

Now there was a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years, and even though she had spent her entire livelihood on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

In Context

42because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus went on his way, the crowds were pressing in on him.

44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of his garment, and the flow of her blood stopped at once.

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Cross References

Mark 5:25Now there was a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years.

Mark 9:21Then Jesus asked the boy's father, “How long has this been happening to him?” The father said, “From childhood.

Luke 13:11And behold, there was a woman who had suffered from a spirit of disability for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not stand up completely straight.

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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