Matthew Chapter 9 verse 20 Holy Bible
And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:
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And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:
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And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux [for] twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;
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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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Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment;
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and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,
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Matthew 9 : 20 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - (And, behold,... that hour). The Revised Version and the ordinary editions of the Authorized Version omit the brackets, as unnecessary. And, behold, a woman which was diseased with (who had, Revised Version) an issue of blood (αἱμοῥῤοοῦσα). Physically and (Leviticus 15:25) ceremonially unclean. Twelve years. The age of Jairus' daughter as recorded in the parallel passages. The coincidence led to its being remembered, and the number itself was the more noticeable as it seems to have symbolized the presence of God in nature (3 x 4). Came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. Hem; border (Revised Version); τοῦ κρασπέδου: fimbriam (Vulgate). The zizith," tassels or fringes of hyacinth blue m-white Wool, which every Israelite, by reason of the prescription (Numbers 15:37, sqq.; Deuteronomy 22:12), had to wear at the four corners of his upper garment," Schurer (II. it. p. 112), who adds in a note, "The colour of the zizith is now white, while originally it was to be of hyacinth blue. The Mishna, Menachoth, 4:1, already presupposes that both are allowed. They are also not now worn, as the Pentateuch directs, and as was still the custom in the time of Christ, on the upper garment (טַלִּית ἱμάτιον), but on the two square woollen shawls, one of which is always worn on the body, while the other is only wound round the head during prayer Both these shawls are also called Tallith."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Behold, a woman . . .--The "issue of blood" was probably of the kind that brought with it ceremonial uncleanness (Leviticus 15:26), and this accounts for the sense of shame which made her shrink from applying to the Healer openly, and from confessing afterwards what she had done. It is significant that the period of her sufferings coincided with the age of the ruler's daughter. His sorrow was sudden after twelve years of joyful hope; hers had brought with it, through twelve long years, the sickness of hope deferred. St. Mark and St. Luke add (though in the latter some MSS. omit the words) that she "had spent all her substance on physicians, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse;" and the former states (what is, of course, obvious) that she came because she had "heard of the things concerning Jesus."Touched the hem of his garment.--The incidental notice is interesting as making up, together with Matthew 14:36, John 19:23, all that we know as to our Lord's outward garb. There was first, nearest the body, the coat or tunic (?????) without seam, woven from the top throughout; then, over that, the garment or cloak (???????), flowing loosely after the manner of the East; and this had its "border or fringe," probably of a bright blue mingled with white, that on which the scribes and Pharisees laid stress as being in accordance with the Law (Numbers 15:38), and which they wore, therefore, of an ostentatious width (Matthew 23:5). Later tradition defined the very number of the threads or tassels of the fringe, so that they might represent the 613 precepts of the Law. . . .
