Luke 8:43

41 Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

42 because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,

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.

44 She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
WEB
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,
ASV
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,
DARBY
And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,
BLB
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],
ÅB
og en kvinne som hadde hatt blodsott i tolv år og hadde kostet på leger alt det hun skulle leve av, og ikke kunnet bli helbredet av noen,
OTB
Og en kvinne var der som hadde hatt blødninger i tolv år, men ingen kunne helbrede henne.
B1930
og en kvinne som hadde hatt blodsott i tolv år og hadde kostet på læger alt det hun skulde leve av, og ikke kunnet bli helbredet av nogen,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 5:25–26

    And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

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  • Matthew 9:20–22

    Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

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  • Leviticus 15:25–33

    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.

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  • Luke 13:16

    Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

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  • Mark 9:21–22

    Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:12

    In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

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  • Luke 8:27

    When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.

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  • Job 13:4

    You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

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