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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe,

Context of Matthew 9:20

18While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” 19Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples. Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” 22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

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 5:25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
• Luke 8:43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.
• Leviticus 15:25“ ‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.
• Matthew 14:36and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
• Mark 5:28because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
• Mark 6:56And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
• Mark 8:22They came to Bethsaida, and 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 beds 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 their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
• Matthew 23:5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;
• Numbers 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
• Deuteronomy 22:12Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
• Luke 8:44She came up behind him and touched the edge 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