Matthew 9:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 9:20

Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

KJV

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Ver. 20) And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. In the Gospel according to Luke, it is written that the daughter of a ruler had reached the age of twelve (Luke 8). Note, therefore, that during that time this woman, that is, the people of the Gentiles, began to be sick, while the people of the Jews believed. For unless a comparison of virtues is made, vice is not revealed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And behold a woman which was diseased..... This affair happened in the streets of Capernaum, as Christ was going from the house of Matthew the publican, to the house of Jairus the ruler of the synagogue, which were both in this city.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But what weakness of understanding there was in it, Christ was pleased to overlook, and to accept the sincerity and strength of her faith; for he eateth the honey-comb with the honey, Cant. iv. She believed she should be healed if she did but touch the very hem of his garment, the very extremity of it. Note, There is virtue in every thing that belongs to Christ.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A woman which was diseased with an issue of blood - Γυνη αἱμοῤῥουσα. Mulier sanguinis profluvio laborans. Significatur hoc loco, fluxus muliebris, in Sanis, menstruus; in Hac perpetuus. It would be easy to explain the nature and properties of the disease here mentioned; but, when it is said that prudence forbids it, the intimation itself may be thought sufficiently explanatory of the disorder in question. There are some remarkable circumstances relative to this case mentioned by St. Mark, Mar 5:25, etc., which shall be properly noticed in the notes on that place.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
γυνὴ	gunē	a woman	G1135 →
αἱμορροοῦσα	haimorroousa	having a flux of blood	G131 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	twelve	G1427 →
ἔτη	etē	years	G2094 →
προσελθοῦσα	proselthousa	having come up	G4334 →
ὄπισθεν	opisthen	behind [Him]	G3693 →
ἥψατο	hēpsato	she touched	G681 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
κρασπέδου	kraspedou	fringe	G2899 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἱματίου	himatiou	garment	G2440 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Luke 6:19
  The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 3:10
  For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 15:38–39
  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- Acts 5:15
  As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- Mark 5:27–28
  When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
Through
Deuteronomy 22:12
You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
leads to
- Matthew 23:5
  All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Through
Matthew 14:36
and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
leads to
- Acts 19:11–12
  God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
- Acts 3:16
  By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this…