Luke 8:46

Luke 8:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
• New International Version (NIV)But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.”

Context of Luke 8:46

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!” But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, because I was aware that power [to heal] had gone out of Me.” 47When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up trembling and fell down before Him. She declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48He said to her, “Daughter, your faith [your personal trust and confidence in Me] has made you well. Go in peace (untroubled, undisturbed well-being).”

Luke 8:46 word by word

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· ἥψατό μού τις· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔγνων δύναμιν ἐξεληλυθυῖαν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Somebodyτιςtis · oneG5100
• hath touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• perceive thatγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• virtueδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• is gone outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575

Cross-references for Luke 8:46

• Luke 6:19All the people were trying to touch Him, because [healing] power was coming from Him and healing them all.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Commentaries on Luke 8:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46I perceive that virtue - , Divine or miraculous power. This Divine emanation did not proceed always from Christ, as necessarily as odours do from plants, for then all who touched him must have been equally partakers of it. Of the many that touched him, this woman and none else received this Divine virtue; and why? Because she came in faith. Faith alone attracts and receives the energetic influence of God at all times. There would be more miracles, at…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. 40-56These two accounts of healing show that Jesus has authority over disease and death. They also show the power of faith.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4646. Somebody hath touched--yes, the multitude "thronged" and pressed Him--"they jostled against Him," but all involuntarily; they were merely carried along; but one, one only--"Somebody Touched" Him, with the conscious, voluntary, dependent touch of faith, reaching forth its hands expressly to have contact with Him. This and this only Jesus acknowledges and seeks out. Even so, as the Church Father Augustine long ago said, multitudes still come similarly…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:46

• Children
• Jairus
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Virtue

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jairus (2)
• Jesus Christ

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