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 man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house, 42because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him. A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any, 44approached from behind and touched the end of his robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped. 45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming you in 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

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“When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
• Matthew 9:20Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,
• Mark 5:25Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years
• Luke 8:27When he got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.
• Luke 13:11a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
• Mark 9:21“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father. “From childhood,” he said.
• John 5:5One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.
• John 9:1As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth.
• Acts 3:2A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.
• Acts 4:22For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.
• Acts 14:8In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.
• 2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a disease in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his disease he didn’t seek the Lord but only the physicians.
• Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless.
• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
• Mark 5:26had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became 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