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Matthew 9:21

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9:21For she kept saying to herself,44 “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.”45

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Footnotes

  1. 44 The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to find the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.
  2. 45 Grk “saved.” In this pericope the author uses a term for being healed (Grk “saved”) that would have spiritual significance to his readers. It may be a double entendre (cf. parallel in Mark 5:28 which uses the same term), since elsewhere he uses verbs that simply mean “heal“: If only the reader would “touch” Jesus, he too would be “saved.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for she said to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I’ll be made well.”

NLTNew Living Translation

for she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for she said to herself, “If only I touch his cloak I will be healed.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.