UBF Daily Bread

SHE TOUCHED THE EDGE OF HIS CLOAK

Passage: Luke 8:40~48

Key verse: 48

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman^(A)

⁴⁰Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. ⁴¹Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader,^(B) came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house ⁴²because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. ⁴³And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding^(C) for twelve years,^[a] but no one could heal her. ⁴⁴She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,^(D) and immediately her bleeding stopped.

⁴⁵“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master,^(E) the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone touched me;^(F) I know that power has gone out from me.”^(G)

⁴⁷Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. ⁴⁸Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.^(H) Go in peace.”^(I)

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Footnotes

Luke 8:43 Many manuscripts years, and she had spent all she had on doctors

Cross references

Luke 8:40 : 8:40-56pp — Mt 9:18-26; Mk 5:22-43
Luke 8:41 : ver 49; S Mk 5:22
Luke 8:43 : Lev 15:25-30
Luke 8:44 : S Mt 9:20
Luke 8:45 : S Lk 5:5
Luke 8:46 : Mt 14:36; Mk 3:10
Luke 8:46 : Lk 5:17; 6:19
Luke 8:48 : S Mt 9:22
Luke 8:48 : S Ac 15:33

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1. The nameless woman (40-44)

Jesus was welcomed by a huge crowd. A synagogue ruler named Jairus had a dying daughter, and the crowd melted back to let him talk with Jesus. As he and Jesus went toward his house, the crowd almost crushed them in its press. A nameless woman with an incurable bleeding problem slipped up behind Jesus and, with desperate faith, touched the edge of his cloak. Immediately, the bleeding stopped. She intended to melt into the crowd as secretly as she had come.

2. Go in peace, Daughter (45-48)

Jesus did not let her slip away with a healed body and a sin-sick heart; he persistently asked, 'Who touched me?' until she came forward, trembling, and fell at his feet. Jesus wanted her to confess God's grace openly, because he wanted to heal, not only her disease, but her heart as well. He blessed her and called her, 'Daughter'; he gave her healing and his peace.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your healing and your peace in my life.

One Word: Your faith has healed you