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

41Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house, 42because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him, including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. 44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. 45“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing 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

• includingκαίkai · andG2532
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• who had sufferedεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• from bleedingἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• from bleedingῥύσιςrhusis · dischargeG4511
• from bleedingαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• forἀπόapo · away fromG575
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• ·ὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• had spentπροσαναλίσκωprosanaliskō · to expendG4321
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• herὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• moneyβίοςbios · lifeG979
• on physiciansἰατρόςiatros · physicianG2395
• no oneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• was ableἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• to healθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323

Cross-references for Luke 8:43

• Leviticus 15:25When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
• Matthew 9:20Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
• Mark 5:25And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
• Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
• Luke 13:11and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
• Mark 9:21Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
• John 5:5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
• John 9:1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
• Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
• Acts 4:22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
• Acts 14:8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
• 2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
• Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
• Mark 5:26She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown 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