Matthew 9:20

Matthew 9:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
• New International Version (NIV)Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.

Context of Matthew 9:20

18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.” 19So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples. Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. 21She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” 22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.

Matthew 9:20 word by word

καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• Suddenlyκαίkai · andG2532
• ·ἰδούidou · look!G2400
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• who had suffered from bleedingαἱμορροέωaihmorrheō · to bleedG131
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• came upπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• behindὄπισθενopisthen · afterG3693
• touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fringeκράσπεδονkraspedon · edgeG2899
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• cloakἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440

Cross-references for Matthew 9:20

• Mark 5:25And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
• Luke 8:43including 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.
• 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 14:36and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Mark 5:28For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
• Mark 6:56And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Mark 8:22When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
• Acts 5:15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
• Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
• Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
• Numbers 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
• Deuteronomy 22:12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
• Luke 8:44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Commentaries on Matthew 9:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20A woman which was diseased with an issue of blood - ̔̓̔ . Mulier sanguinis profluvio laborans. Significatur hoc loco, fluxus muliebris, in Sanis, menstruus; in Hac perpetuus. It would be easy to explain the nature and properties of the disease here mentioned; but, when it is said that prudence forbids it, the intimation itself may be thought sufficiently explanatory of the disorder in question. There are some remarkable circumstances relative to this case…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-26Verses 18-26 The account contained in these verses is also recorded, with some additional circumstances, in Matthew 9:18 There came a certain ruler - Mark and Luke say that his name was Jairus, and that he was a “ruler of the synagogue;” that is, one of the elders to whom was committed the care of the synagogue. See the notes at Matthew 4:23. And worshipped him - That is, fell down before him, or expressed his respect for him by a token of profound…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-26Verses 18-26 The death of our relations should drive us to Christ, who is our life. And it is high honour to the greatest rulers to attend on the Lord Jesus; and those who would receive mercy from Christ, must honour him. The variety of methods Christ took in working his miracles, perhaps was because of the different frames and tempers of mind, which those were in who came to him, and which He who searches the heart perfectly knew. A poor woman applied…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Because of her constant bleeding, the woman was always considered ceremonially unclean. Anyone she touched was also unclean (Leviticus 15:25–30). But when she touched Jesus, instead of making him unclean, she was made clean. This surprising reversal shows the power to heal, redeem, and make holy (see Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10). fringe: The tassels at the bottom of a tunic (Matthew 23:5; Numbers 15:37–41) reminded Jews to obey God's law.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 9:20

• Capernaum
• Hemorrhage
• Issue of Blood
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Issue (of Blood)
• Bridechamber
• Cheer
• Comfort
• Daughter
• Eat
• Garment
• Harvest
• Hem
• Issue

Commentaries on Matthew 9

• 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