Luke 8:43

Luke 8:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
• New International Version (NIV)And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any,

Context of Luke 8:43

41Now a man named Jairus, a synagogue official, came [to Him]; and he fell at Jesus’ feet and began begging Him to come to his house; 42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as Jesus went, the people were crowding against Him [almost crushing Him]. And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone, 44came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His outer robe, and immediately her bleeding stopped. 45Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” While they all were denying it, Peter [and those who were with him] said, “Master, the people are crowding and pushing against You!”

Luke 8:43 word by word

Καὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἥτις ἰατροῖς προσαναλώσασα ὅλον τὸν βίον οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἀπ᾽ οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• havingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• an issueῥύσιςrhusis · dischargeG4511
• of bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• ·ἀπόapo · away fromG575
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• had spentπροσαναλίσκωprosanaliskō · to expendG4321
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• her livingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• her livingβίοςbios · lifeG979
• uponεἰςeis · towardG1519
• physiciansἰατρόςiatros · physicianG2395
• neitherοὐou · noG3756
• couldἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• be healedθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• anyοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762

Cross-references for Luke 8:43

• Leviticus 15:25‘Now if a woman has a flow of blood for many days, not during the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond that period, as long as the impure discharge continues she shall be as she is in the days of her [normal] menstrual impurity; she is unclean.
• Matthew 9:20Then a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the [tassel] fringe of His outer robe;
• Mark 5:25A woman [in the crowd] had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years,
• Luke 8:27Now when Jesus stepped out on land, He was met by a man from the city [of Gerasa] who was possessed with demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and was not living in a house, but among the tombs.
• Luke 13:11And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had an illness caused by a spirit (demon). She was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
• Mark 9:21Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he answered, “Since childhood.
• John 5:5There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
• John 9:1While He was passing by, He noticed a man [who had been] blind from birth.
• Acts 3:2and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.
• Acts 4:22for the man to whom this sign (attesting miracle) of healing had happened was more than forty years old.
• Acts 14:8Now at Lystra a man sat who was unable to use his feet, for he was crippled from birth and had never walked.
• 2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa developed a disease in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but [relied only on] the physicians.
• Psalms 108:12Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
• Isaiah 2:22Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?
• Isaiah 55:1“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].
• Mark 5:26and had endured much [suffering] at the hands of many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but instead had become worse.

Commentaries on Luke 8:43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43Spent all her living upon physicians - See the note on Mark 5:26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-56Verses 40-56 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26, and Mark 5:21-43.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-56Verses 41-56 Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43bleeding: The woman might have suffered from ongoing bleeding from her monthly cycle. The suffering was both physical and spiritual. According to the law of Moses, such bleeding made the woman ceremonially unclean. This would prevent her from participating in community worship (Leviticus 15:25–30).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:43

• Children
• Hemorrhage
• Issue of Blood
• Jairus
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Physician

In the dictionaries

• Issue (of Blood)
• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Acts of the Apostles
• Issue
• Jairus (2)

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings