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 to the people, a leader at the Jewish meeting place came to him. The man went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said to him, ‘My daughter has just died. Come to my house. Put your hand on her and then she will live again.’ 19So Jesus went with the man. His disciples also went with them. There was a sick woman in the crowd. She had been losing blood for 12 years. She came near to Jesus, behind him. She touched the edge of his coat. 21The woman thought, ‘Even if I only touch his coat, I will become well again.’ 22Jesus turned round and he saw the woman. He said to her, ‘Young woman, do not be afraid. You are now well again because you believed in me.’ And immediately the woman became well again.

Matthew 9:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• which was diseased with an issue of bloodαἱμορροέωaihmorrheō · to bleedG131
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• cameπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• behindὄπισθενopisthen · afterG3693
• and touchedἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
• the hemὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the hemκράσπεδονkraspedon · edgeG2899
• ofἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Matthew 9:20

• Mark 5:25There was a sick woman who had lost blood for 12 years.
• Luke 8:43There was a sick woman in the crowd who had lost blood for 12 years. She had paid all her money to doctors and now she had no money. But nobody could help her to become well again.
• Leviticus 15:25If a woman is bleeding for more than seven days, she is unclean. She is unclean all the time that she is bleeding.
• Matthew 14:36The sick people asked Jesus for help. They wanted to touch only the edge of his coat. Every sick person who touched him became well again.
• Mark 5:28She said, ‘Even if I can only touch his clothes, I will become well again.’
• Mark 6:56Jesus went to villages, towns and farms. Everywhere that he went, they brought sick people to the market places. The sick people asked Jesus for help. They wanted to touch even the edge of his coat. Every sick person who touched him became well.
• Mark 8:22Jesus and his disciples came to a village called Bethsaida. Some people led a blind man to Jesus. They asked Jesus to touch the man.
• Acts 5:15As a result, people carried their sick friends into the streets and put them on beds and mats. They hoped that Peter would pass that way and make their sick friends well again. They just wanted Peter's shadow to touch them.
• Acts 19:12Because of this, people were taking pieces of cloth and clothes that Paul gave to them. Paul had used these things, and people took them to those who were ill. After they touched these cloths, the sick people would become well again. Bad spirits also left them.
• Matthew 23:5The Pharisees do things only so that people will see them. They wear little boxes with words from the Bible in them, but they make them really big. They also make the tassels on their clothes very long.
• Numbers 15:38‘Tell the Israelites that they must put tassels on the corners of their clothes. They must fix the tassels on blue strings. They must do this now and for all future time.
• Deuteronomy 22:12You must fix tassels on the four corners of your coat.
• Luke 8:44She came in the crowd behind Jesus and she touched the edge of his coat. Immediately she stopped bleeding.

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