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NASB | Mark 5:28 For she thought, "If I just touch His garments, I will get well." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 5:28 For she thought, "If I just touch His clothing, I will get well." |
Bible Question:
How did the woman wiht the issue of blood know that if she touched Jesus's garments, she would be made whole? Thanks in advance to those who may respond. Abba Father bless |
Bible Answer: Hi mbooker, I think that she was a daughter of Abraham, a Jew. I think that she was a person who wanted to follow God's commandments. I think that she had an encounter with the Savior of the world. I think that she was a witness for the great power of God. There are two things that were of interest to me in the account. 1)She touched the fringe of His cloak, and 2) she was saved (made well). 1)From The MacArthur Study Bible, "the hem of His garment. Cf. 14:36. Probably one of the tassels that were sown to the corners of a garment in order to remind the wearer to obey God's commandments (Num. 15:38-40; Deut. 22:12). An application that I would make is that the faith of the woman made her well and saved her in many respects, but she was reminded to keep God's commandments. I would be interested to know if the garment of Jesus had these sown on tassels of reminder. But whether the tassel was touched, a hem, a fringe, or a border, the woman touched His garments and was made well. Others before and after her as recorded in Matthew were being healed by His hand on them. 2) She was made well by her faith. In Matthew she did not express this faith to the crowd, but in Mark and Luke she did. Mark 5:33, "But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him, and told *Him the whole truth." Luke 8:47, "And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched *Him, and how she had been immediately healed." Mark 5:30, "...'Who touched *My garments?'" I think that it is important to point out that her faith and her thought that all she had to do was touch His garments was instrumental in her healing; but the power came from Him. The people of the crowd who were bumping into Jesus were not healed, but she was because of her faith and the power of Jesus Himself. The power was not in His "robe" but in Himself. Mark 5:27, "after hearing about Jesus, came up in the crowd behind Him, and touched (His) cloak. For she thought, 'If I just touch His garments, I shall get well." Mark 6:56, "And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and entreating Him that they might just touch the fringe of (His) cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured." Matthew 14:33, "And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, 'You are certainly God's (Son)!'...And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; and they began to entreat Him that they might touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured." I think that this afflicted woman recognized Jesus as God's Son. She knew that He had the power and she evidently had the faith. And her faith was evidently catching as she witnessed among the people. From the heart, Ray |