and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
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and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
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and besought him that they myght touche the hemme of his vesture only. And as many as touched it were made safe.
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And besought him, that they might touch the hemme of his garment onely: and as many as touched it, were made whole.
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- Luke 6:19 All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.
- Acts 19:11-12 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
- Exodus 28:33-43 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, all around its hem; with bells of gold between and around them: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die. “You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’ You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash. It shall be on the front of the sash. It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh. You shall weave the tunic with fine linen. You shall make a turban of fine linen. You shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer. “You shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons. You shall make sashes for them. You shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty. You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs. They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
- Matthew 9:20-21 Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
- Mark 3:10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- Acts 3:16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Numbers 15:38-39 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue. It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
- John 6:37 All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
- John 7:23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
- Acts 4:9-10 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
- Acts 4:14-16 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.
- Matthew 23:5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 36 And besought him that they might only touch…
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Ver. 36. And as many as touched, &c.] Oh the matchless might and mercy of Christ our Saviour! He condescends to their infirmity, and heals them promiscuously, not once questioning their deserts. He giveth to all men liberally, and hitteth no man in the teeth with his former failings or present infirmities, Jas 1:5. Be we also, by his example, ready to distribute, willing to communicate. This was the philosophical friendship of the Pythagoreans, the legal of the Essenes (a sect among the Jews, that had their names of healing), {a} and should be most of all the evangelical friendship of us Christians. "Thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer," &c., Isa 58:12: a gallant title, better than a thousand escutcheons. {b}
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{a} Essenes from the Syriac אסא to heal; for besides the Bible they studied physic. Godw. Antiq. llebr.
{b} The shield or shield-shaped surface on which a coat of arms is depicted D
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 36. That they might only touch the hem…
Verse 36. That they might only touch the hem of his garment] What mighty influence must the grace and Spirit of Christ have in the soul, when even the border or hem of his garment produced such wonders in the bodies of those who touched it! Here is a man who has turned from sin to God through Christ, and the healing hand of Jesus is laid upon him. Then, no wonder that he knows and feels his sins forgiven, his soul purified, and his heart filled with the fulness of his Maker. Lord, increase our faith! and we shall see greater manifestations of thy power and glory! Amen.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hence the veneration Catholics pay to holy relics is…
Hence the veneration Catholics pay to holy relics is vindicated. Not only Christ’s words, but his very garments had a virtue and power communicated to them. (Bristow)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 36. Hem of his garment — The fringe directed…
36. Hem of his garment — The fringe directed by Moses to be worn as the distinguishing badge of an Israelite. Nor is it wonderful that these people, learning the miracle of feeding the thousands, hearing, perhaps, from the apostles his walking the sea, and beholding his manifold miracles of mercy, should reverence him as a Divine Being incarnate.
When from the plain of Gennesaret Jesus went to Capernaum, many of the multitude, as John informs us, from the other side, arriving, found him there to their astonishment. A conversation at length ensuing, is detailed by that evangelist. In it Jesus exposes to their own view their material and selfish motives. See note on Mat_14:20. He endeavours in vain to awaken a purer faith and a more elevated view. Their stubborn unsusceptibility so manifests itself that Jesus wraps his truths in figure and parable, and leaves their hearts in their chosen hardness.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. the hem of his garment] The hem of…
36. the hem of his garment] The hem of the garment had a certain sanctity attached to it. It was the distinguishing mark of the Jew: cp. Num_15:38-39, “that they add to the fringes of the borders (or corners) a thread of blue.” At each corner of the robe there was a tassel; each tassel had a conspicuous blue thread symbolical of the heavenly origin of the Commandments. The other threads were white.
as many as touched were made perfectly whole] Cp. the case of the woman with an issue of blood, ch. Mat_9:20-22.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) That they might only touch the hem of…
(36) That they might only touch the hem of his garment.—The wide-spread belief may be noted as the natural result of the miracle already recorded in Mat_9:20-22, and as the touch implied the faith which was the condition of receptivity, it was now also, as before, effective.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And besought; and they besought (Revised Version); i.e. the…
And besought; and they besought (Revised Version); i.e. the sick, for probably the change of person takes place here and not at" that they might touch." Him that they might only touch the hem of his garment : (Mat_9:20, Mat_9:21, notes) and as many as touched were made perfectly whole (dieswyhsan); were made whole (Revised Version). For dia here is probably not intensive, but rather gives the thought of being brought out safe through the danger. In the LXX diaswzesyai is a common rendering of flmn, "escape."
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain As many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Mat_14:36
As many as touched were made perfectly whole.
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Christ healing the diseased
I. Some of the antecedents of the healing. They felt they were diseased. They were anxious to be healed. They were in the right place to be healed.
II. The condition of healing. Contact with Christ. Illustrates the conditions upon which we become partakers of the life which is in Christ Jesus. This condition is simple, not only as regards its operation, but also as it springs out of a principle which all men possess.
III. The extent of the healing. This is seen in the numbers healed and in the completeness of the cures. (R. Henry.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 36. The hem of his garment. The numbers that…
36. The hem of his garment. The numbers that pressed upon him seemed almost too large for him to be able to heal them singly by laying his hands upon them, therefore many begged that they might be allowed to touch if it were but the border of his garment. Soon after followed the ever-memorable discourse, so strikingly in accordance with the present passover season, in the synagogue of Capernaum, respecting the “Bread of Life” (John 6:22–65).
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.