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 He was saying these things to them, behold, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will become alive again.” 19Jesus got up from the table and began to accompany him, along with His disciples. And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him, and touched the border of His cloak; 21for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch His cloak, I will get well.” 22But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” And at once the woman was made well.

Matthew 9:20 word by word

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

• And beholdἰδούidou · look!G2400
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• who had been sufferingαἱμορροέωaihmorrheō · to bleedG131
• for twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• cameπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• behindὄπισθενopisthen · afterG3693
• Him, and touchedἅπτωhaptō · to touchG681
• borderκράσπεδονkraspedon · edgeG2899
• cloakἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440

Cross-references for Matthew 9:20

• Mark 5:25A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,
• Luke 8:43And a woman who had suffered a chronic flow of blood for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone,
• Leviticus 15:25‘Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond that period, for all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean.
• Matthew 14:36and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured.
• Mark 5:28For she had been saying to herself, “If I just touch His garments, I will get well.”
• Mark 6:56And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or a countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and all who touched it were being healed.
• Mark 8:22And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought a man who was blind to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.
• Acts 5:15to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any of them.
• Acts 19:12so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.
• Matthew 23:5And they do all their deeds to be noticed by other people; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
• Numbers 15:38“Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a violet thread.
• Deuteronomy 22:12“You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
• Luke 8:44came up behind Him 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