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She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. <a href="/blb/luke/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And a woman being with a flux of blood for twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone. <a href="/kjv/luke/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, <a href="/nkjv/luke/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, <a href="/nasb_/luke/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And a woman who had suffered a chronic flow of blood for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, <a href="/nasb/luke/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, <a href="/nasb77/luke/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, <a href="/lsb/luke/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, <a href="/amp/luke/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone, <a href="/csb/luke/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any, <a href="/hcsb/luke/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors yet could not be healed by any, <a href="/asv/luke/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, <a href="/cev/luke/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors, but none of them could make her well. <a href="/erv/luke/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, <a href="/gwt/luke/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her. <a href="/gnt/luke/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors, but no one had been able to cure her. <a href="/isv/luke/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her. <a href="/msb/luke/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. <a href="/net/luke/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone. <a href="/nheb/luke/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years (who had spent all her living on physicians) and could not be healed by any, <a href="/wbt/luke/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed by any, <a href="/wey/luke/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her-- <a href="/web/luke/8.htm">World English Bible</a> A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and a woman, being with a flow of blood for twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, was not able to be healed by any, <a href="/blb/luke/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And a woman being with a flux of blood for twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone. <a href="/ylt/luke/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any, <a href="/slt/luke/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And a woman being in a flowing of blood for twelve years, who having expended all the means of subsistence upon physicians, could not be cured by any.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians, and could not be healed by any. <a href="/cpdv/luke/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And there was a certain woman, with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had paid out all her substance on physicians, and she was unable to be cured by any of them. <a href="/nabre/luke/8.htm">New American Bible</a> And a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years, who [had spent her whole livelihood on doctors and] was unable to be cured by anyone, <a href="/nrsvce/luke/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure her.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now a woman who had the hemorrhage for twelve years, and had spent all her wealth for doctors, could not be healed by anybody. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Now there was certain woman whose blood had flowed twelve years, who spent all her property among physicians, and she could not be healed by anyone.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And a woman that had been afflicted with an issue of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole living upon physicians, and could be cured by no one, <a href="/godbey/luke/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And a woman being in an issue of blood twelve years, who having expended all her living with physicians, was not able to be healed by any of them, <a href="/haweis/luke/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And a woman, who had a flux of blood, for twelve years, who had spent all her substance on physicians, and could not get a cure from any; <a href="/mace/luke/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and among the rest a woman, who had been troubled with an hemorrhage twelve years, having consum'd her whole fortune upon physicians, who could none of them cure her; she getting behind him, <a href="/wey/luke/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her-- <a href="/worrell/luke/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who could not be cured, <a href="/worsley/luke/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and a woman who had been in a flux twelve years, and had spent her whole livelyhood upon physicians, <a href="/parallel/luke/8-43.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=3399" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/8.htm">The Healing Touch of Jesus</a> …42because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him, 43<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">including</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynē (N-NFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">a woman</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">who had suffered</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/4511.htm" title="4511: rhysei (N-DFS) -- A flowing, an issue. From rhoumai in the sense of its congener rheo; a flux."></a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimatos (N-GNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">from bleeding</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">for</a> <a href="/greek/1427.htm" title="1427: dōdeka (Adj-GNP) -- Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.">twelve</a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etōn (N-GNP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years.</a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hētis (RelPro-NFS) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">She</a> <a href="/greek/4321.htm" title="4321: prosanalōsasa (V-APA-NFS) -- To spend in addition. From pros and analisko; to expend further.">had spent</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holon (Adj-AMS) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">her</a> <a href="/greek/979.htm" title="979: bion (N-AMS) -- A primary word; life, i.e. the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood.">money</a> <a href="/greek/2395.htm" title="2395: iatrois (N-DMP) -- A physician. From iaomai; a physician.">on physicians,</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3762.htm" title="3762: oudenos (Adj-GNS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">no one</a> <a href="/greek/2480.htm" title="2480: ischysen (V-AIA-3S) -- To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force.">was able</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2323.htm" title="2323: therapeuthēnai (V-ANP) -- From the same as therapon; to wait upon menially, i.e. to adore, or to relieve.">to heal her.</a> 44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-34</a> And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. / She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse. / When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. ... <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a> Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. / She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour. <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Leviticus 15:25-27</a> When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation. / Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period. / Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a> Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Malachi 4:2</a> “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. <a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Matthew 14:36</a> and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed. <a href="/mark/6-56.htm">Mark 6:56</a> And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed. <a href="/luke/6-19.htm">Luke 6:19</a> The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all. <a href="/acts/19-11.htm">Acts 19:11-12</a> God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul, / so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them. <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a> And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. <a href="/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14-15</a> Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. / And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. <a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27</a> When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.” <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a> Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ... <a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Psalm 103:3</a> He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, <a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Jeremiah 8:22</a> Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living on physicians, neither could be healed of any,having.<a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Leviticus 15:25</a> And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.<a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a> And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: … <a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25</a> And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,twelve.<a href="/luke/8-27.htm">Luke 8:27</a> And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.<a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Luke 13:11,16</a> And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself… <a href="/mark/9-21.htm">Mark 9:21</a> And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.had.<a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">2 Chronicles 16:12</a> And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.<a href="/psalms/108-12.htm">Psalm 108:12</a> Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.<a href="/isaiah/2-22.htm">Isaiah 2:22</a> Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?neither.<a href="/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4</a> But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/6-8.htm">Able</a> <a href="/luke/6-18.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Bleeding</a> <a href="/mark/14-24.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/luke/6-8.htm">Cure</a> <a href="/luke/8-36.htm">Cured</a> <a href="/luke/5-17.htm">Doctors</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Haemorrhage</a> <a href="/luke/7-3.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/luke/8-36.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Hemorrhage</a> <a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/luke/5-31.htm">Medical</a> <a href="/luke/7-42.htm">Money</a> <a href="/mark/5-26.htm">Physicians</a> <a href="/luke/6-12.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/luke/2-51.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/luke/8-42.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/8-47.htm">Able</a> <a href="/acts/5-16.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Bleeding</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/luke/9-1.htm">Cure</a> <a href="/luke/8-48.htm">Cured</a> <a href="/luke/11-45.htm">Doctors</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Flux</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Haemorrhage</a> <a href="/luke/9-1.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/luke/8-47.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Hemorrhage</a> <a href="/luke/8-44.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/colossians/4-14.htm">Medical</a> <a href="/luke/9-3.htm">Money</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Physicians</a> <a href="/luke/15-14.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/luke/10-17.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/luke/9-1.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 8</div>1. <a href="/luke/8-1.htm">Women minister unto Jesus of their own means.</a> 4. <a href="/luke/8-4.htm">Jesus, after he had preached from place to place,</a> 9. <a href="/luke/8-9.htm">explains the parable of the sower,</a> 16. <a href="/luke/8-16.htm">and the candle;</a> 19. <a href="/luke/8-19.htm">declares who are his mother, and brothers;</a> 22. <a href="/luke/8-22.htm">rebukes the winds;</a> 26. <a href="/luke/8-26.htm">casts the legion of demons out of the man into the herd of pigs;</a> 37. <a href="/luke/8-37.htm">is rejected by the Gadarenes;</a> 43. <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">heals the woman of her bleeding;</a> 49. <a href="/luke/8-49.htm">and raises Jairus's daughter from death.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. The woman’s condition is often understood as a chronic hemorrhage, possibly a menstrual disorder, which would have rendered her ceremonially unclean according to Levitical law (<a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Leviticus 15:25-27</a>). This would have isolated her socially and religiously, as she would be unable to participate in communal worship or even have normal social interactions. The duration of twelve years is significant, as it underscores the severity and persistence of her suffering. In biblical numerology, twelve often symbolizes completeness or the nation of Israel, suggesting her suffering was complete and total. Her condition also parallels the twelve-year-old daughter of Jairus, whom Jesus heals later in the chapter, highlighting Jesus' power over both chronic and acute conditions.She had spent all her money on physicians, This phrase indicates the woman's desperation and the extent of her efforts to find healing. In the first-century context, medical practices were rudimentary and often ineffective, and physicians were not always able to provide cures. The Talmud, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism, lists various remedies for such conditions, but they were often superstitious and costly. Her financial depletion emphasizes her hopelessness and the futility of human solutions, setting the stage for the miraculous intervention of Jesus. This also reflects the broader biblical theme of human insufficiency and the need for divine intervention.but no one was able to heal her. The inability of the physicians to heal her highlights the limitations of human ability and knowledge, contrasting with Jesus' divine power. This sets the stage for Jesus' miraculous healing, demonstrating His authority over physical ailments and His compassion for those marginalized by society. The phrase also echoes the prophetic anticipation of a Messiah who would bring healing and restoration (<a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a>). In the broader narrative of the Gospels, Jesus' healings serve as signs of the in-breaking Kingdom of God, where suffering and sickness are overcome. This account foreshadows the ultimate healing and restoration found in Christ's redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_woman_with_the_issue_of_blood.htm">The Woman with the Issue of Blood</a> A woman who had been suffering from a chronic bleeding condition for twelve years. Her condition made her ceremonially unclean according to Jewish law, isolating her from society and religious practices. 2. <a href="/topical/p/physicians.htm">Physicians</a> The doctors whom the woman consulted over the years. Despite spending all her money, they were unable to heal her, highlighting the limitations of human efforts and knowledge. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> The multitude surrounding Jesus, making it difficult for the woman to approach Him. This setting emphasizes the woman's determination and faith. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> Although not directly mentioned in this verse, He is central to the account as the one who ultimately heals the woman, demonstrating His divine power and compassion. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_twelve_years.htm">The Twelve Years</a> The duration of the woman's suffering, which underscores the severity and chronic nature of her condition.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> The woman's determination to reach Jesus despite the crowd illustrates active faith. True faith often requires us to step out of our comfort zones and overcome obstacles. <a href="/topical/t/the_limitations_of_human_solutions.htm">The Limitations of Human Solutions</a> The failure of the physicians to heal the woman highlights the limitations of human wisdom and efforts. It reminds us to place our ultimate trust in God, who is the true healer. <a href="/topical/j/jesus'_compassion_and_power.htm">Jesus' Compassion and Power</a> This account demonstrates Jesus' willingness to heal and His power over physical ailments. It encourages us to approach Him with our needs, trusting in His ability to restore. <a href="/topical/b/breaking_social_barriers.htm">Breaking Social Barriers</a> The woman's condition made her an outcast, yet Jesus' response to her shows that He values individuals over societal norms. We are called to follow His example in breaking down barriers and showing love to all. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a> The woman's twelve-year struggle teaches us the importance of perseverance in faith, even when immediate results are not visible.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 8</a> <a href="/q/how_was_the_bleeding_woman_healed.htm">How was the woman with the issue of blood healed?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_demon_possession_fit_with_psychology.htm">Matthew 9:32–34: How can demon possession be reconciled with modern psychological insights, and why does this account seem to conflict with known mental health principles? </a> <a href="/q/why_is_divine_healing_like_a_placebo.htm">Why do people experience "divine healing" in ways consistent with the placebo effect?</a> <a href="/q/what_causes_the_arab-israeli_conflict.htm">What lessons do Zechariah, Gabriel, and Mary teach us?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(43) Neither could be healed of any.--It is, perhaps, worth noting that while St. Luke records the failure of the physicians to heal the woman, he does not add, as St. Mark does, that she "rather grew worse" (<a href="/mark/5-26.htm" title="And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,">Mark 5:26</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 43, 44. - And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment. It may be assumed that the disease from which she suffered made her, according to the Levitical Law, ceremonially unclean: this had separated her in a great measure for a very long period from all contact with the outer world. This would well account for her shrinking from any public appeal to the great Physician. The border of the Lord's garment which the woman touched was one of the four tassels which formed part of the Jewish tallith, or mantle; one of these was always arranged so as to hang down over the shoulder at the back; it was this one which the sufferer's fingers grasped. There was a certain sacredness about these tassels, as being part of the memorial dress enjoined by the Levitical Law, which, no doubt, induced the woman to touch this particular portion of the Saviour's dress. And immediately her issue of blood stanched. This is not the only instance of this kind of strange faith mingled with superstition being signally rewarded. The case of the miraculous efficacy of the handkerchiefs and aprons which had had contact with Paul's body (<a href="/acts/19-12.htm">Acts 19:12</a>) is an interesting example. A still more startling one exists in the healing influence of the shadow of Peter falling on the sick as he passed along the street (<a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a>). The lesson evidently intended to be left on the Church of Christ by this and similar incidents is a very instructive one. Faith in Christ is a broad inclusive term: it is accepted and blest by the Master, as we see from the gospel story, in all its many degrees of development, from the elementary shape which it assumed in the case of this poor loving superstitious soul, to the splendid proportions which it reached in the lives of a Stephen and a Paul. Faith in him, from its rudest form to its grandest development, the Master knew would ever purify and elevate the character. It would, as it grew, be the best teacher and the truest monitor of the noble, generous life he loved. Therefore he watched for it, encouraged it, helped it; and his Church, if it would imitate its Master, would do well to follow his wise and loving example by fostering in every form, however crude, faith m Jesus Christ; for this incident in the Divine and perfect life which we have just dwelt on, teaches us with striking clearness that he can and will bless the dimmest, most imperfect faith, the faith of the little child, and of the poorest untaught one. <a href="/commentaries/luke/8-43.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>including καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a woman γυνὴ (gynē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife. who had been οὖσα (ousa) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. subject to bleeding αἵματος (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. for ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. twelve δώδεκα (dōdeka) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1427.htm">Strong's 1427: </a> Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen. years. ἐτῶν (etōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> A year. Apparently a primary word; a year. [She] ἥτις (hētis) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. had spent προσαναλώσασα (prosanalōsasa) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4321.htm">Strong's 4321: </a> To spend in addition. From pros and analisko; to expend further. all ὅλον (holon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. her τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. money βίον (bion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_979.htm">Strong's 979: </a> A primary word; life, i.e. the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood. on physicians, ἰατροῖς (iatrois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2395.htm">Strong's 2395: </a> A physician. From iaomai; a physician. [but] ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. no one οὐδενὸς (oudenos) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3762.htm">Strong's 3762: </a> No one, none, nothing. was able ἴσχυσεν (ischysen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2480.htm">Strong's 2480: </a> To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force. to heal [her]. θεραπευθῆναι (therapeuthēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_2323.htm">Strong's 2323: </a> From the same as therapon; to wait upon menially, i.e. to adore, or to relieve. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/8-43.htm">Luke 8:43 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 8:43 A woman who had a flow (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/8-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 8:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 8:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/8-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 8:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 8:44" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>