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Luke 8:44
She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage occurs as a woman who bled for twelve years and exhausted her resources approaches Jesus from behind in a pressing crowd, immediately before Jesus asks who touched Him.
The words — The Greek ἥψατο (hēpsato) translates literally to "she touched," while κρασπὲδου (kraspedou) specifies the "fringe" of His cloak, directly invoking the tassels commanded in Deuteronomy 22:12.
The thread — This event runs parallel to Mark 5:27, fulfills the fringe mandate of Deuteronomy 22:12, and points toward the healing promise in Malachi 4:2.
Why it lands — The text records that her bleeding stopped immediately upon contact with the garment, requiring the reader to note the precise sequence of action and result without adding explanatory mechanisms.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
Cross-references
- Mark 5:27 When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
- Deuteronomy 22:12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Acts 19:12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Matthew 8:3 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Matthew 20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
- Mark 6:56 And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- Luke 7:38 As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- Luke 13:13 Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.