And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Parallel translations
- WEB and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
- BSB and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- NKJV and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
- NASB and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured.
- NLT They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.
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Quick answer
They beg to touch even the fringe of His garment, and all who touch it are healed. Faith reaching out to Christ finds wholeness.
Overview
The sick plead merely to touch the edge of Jesus' cloak, and everyone who does is made well. Their humble, expectant faith is met by His abundant healing power. The scene, echoing the earlier healing of the woman with the issue of blood, reveals the overflowing grace available to all who come to Christ in trust.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 6:19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
- Acts 19:11–12And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
- Mark 3:10For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- Acts 3:16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Matt 9:20–21And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
- Exod 28:33–43And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
- John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
- Acts 4:14–16And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
- Acts 4:9–10If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
- Num 15:38–39Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
- John 7:23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
- Matt 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
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