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Luke 8:44

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8:44 She 1  came up behind Jesus 2  and touched the edge 3  of his cloak, 4  and at once the bleeding 5  stopped.

1 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

2 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 sn The edge of his cloak refers to the kraspedon, the blue tassel on the garment that symbolized a Jewish man’s obedience to the law (cf. Num 15:37-41). The woman thus touched the very part of Jesus’ clothing that indicated his ritual purity.

4 tn Grk “garment,” but here ἱμάτιον (Jimation) denotes the outer garment in particular.

5 tn Grk “the flow of her blood.”

sn The woman was most likely suffering from a vaginal hemorrhage, in which case her bleeding would make her ritually unclean.



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