God’s Word Translation
Luke 8:43
43A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her.
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
41A man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, arrived and quickly bowed down in front of Jesus. He begged Jesus to come to his home. 42His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went, the people were crowding around him. A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her. 44She came up behind Jesus, touched the edge of his clothes, and her bleeding stopped at once. 45Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” After everyone denied touching him, Peter said, “Teacher, the people are crowding you and pressing against you.”
Read all of Luke 8Luke 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“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days other than her monthly period, she is unclean. If her period lasts longer than usual, she will be unclean as long as she has a discharge. It is like her period.
- Matthew 9:20Then a woman came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his clothes. She had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.
- Mark 5:25In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.
- Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. The man was possessed by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He would not stay in a house but lived in the tombs.
- Luke 13:11A woman who was possessed by a spirit was there. The spirit had disabled her for 18 years. She was hunched over and couldn’t stand up straight.
- Mark 9:21Jesus asked his father, “How long has he been like this?” The father replied, “He has been this way since he was a child.
- John 5:5One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there.
- John 9:1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
- Acts 3:2At the same time, a man who had been lame from birth was being carried by some men. Every day these men would put the lame man at a gate in the temple courtyard. The gate was called Beautiful Gate. There he would beg for handouts from people going into the courtyard.
- Acts 4:22(The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.)
- Acts 14:8A man who was born lame was in Lystra. He was always sitting because he had never been able to walk.
- 2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa got a foot disease that became progressively worse. Instead of asking the Lord for help, he went to doctors.
- Psalms 108:12Give us help against the enemy because human assistance is worthless.
- Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting people. Their life is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?
- Isaiah 55:1“Listen! Whoever is thirsty, come to the water! Whoever has no money can come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk. You don’t have to pay; it’s free!
- Mark 5:26Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become 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
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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
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