“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
- KJV And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
- BSB “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
- NKJV And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
- NASB And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.”
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Quick answer
Jesus asks who touched Him, and Peter notes the crowd is pressing on every side. Jesus distinguishes faith's touch from mere jostling.
Overview
Jesus' question seems strange amid the throng, prompting Peter's protest. But Jesus draws a difference between the crowd's contact and the woman's deliberate, believing touch. His aim is not information but to bring her quiet faith into the open.
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Cross-references · 3
- Luke 9:13But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”
- Luke 5:5Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”
- Mark 5:30–32Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
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