Luke 8:44
What does Luke 8:44 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 8:44 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 8:44 means
Luke 8:44 recounts that the woman touched the border of Jesus’ garment and was instantly healed—the flow of blood stanched immediately. The act of touching his garment suggests faith in Jesus’ power to heal even by contact with his clothing. Immediate cessation of the bleeding indicates God’s swift intervention. For the woman, this meant not just physical recovery but restored ritual purity and social acceptance. The verse underscores the efficacy of faith and Jesus’ authority over chronic affliction, and it prepares the public revelation and disciples’ misunderstanding that follow.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752She came behind him and touched the hem of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stopped.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890coming up behind, touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux of blood stopped.
Context
This verse occurs as Jesus is en route to Jairus’ house, intersecting two healings. The immediate cure contrasts with the woman’s long, fruitless medical expenditures and highlights Jesus as the definitive healer. The narrative will now shift to Jesus’ awareness of the touch and the woman’s public confession.
v.43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,
v.44This passage
v.45And Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press thee and crush thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 5:27
having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.
- Exodus 15:26
and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
- Mark 6:56
And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Deuteronomy 22:12
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
- Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
- Luke 7:38
and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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