Luke 8:44
Context| NETBible | She 1 came up behind Jesus 2 and touched the edge 3 of his cloak, 4 and at once the bleeding 5 stopped. |
| XREF | Ex 15:26; De 22:12; Mal 4:2; Mt 8:3; Mt 20:34; Mr 5:27,28; Mr 6:56; Lu 7:38; Lu 13:13; Joh 5:13; Ac 5:15; Ac 19:12 |
| NET © Notes |
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. |
