Mark 5:28

NETBible

for she kept saying, 1  “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 2 

NIV ©

because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

NASB ©

For she thought, "If I just touch His garments, I will get well."

NLT ©

For she thought to herself, "If I can just touch his clothing, I will be healed."

MSG ©

She was thinking to herself, "If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well."

BBE ©

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

NRSV ©

for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well."

NKJV ©

For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."

KJV
For
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she said
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If
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I may touch
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but
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his
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clothes
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I shall be whole
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NASB ©
For she thought
<3004>
, "If
<1437>
I just
<2579>
touch
<681>
His garments
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, I will get
<4982>
well."
NET [draft] ITL
for
<1063>
she kept saying
<3004>
, “If
<1437>
only
<2579>
I touch
<680>
his
<846>
clothes
<2440>
, I will be healed
<4982>
.”
GREEK
elegen
<3004> (5707)
V-IAI-3S
gar
<1063>
CONJ
oti
<3754>
CONJ
ean
<1437>
COND
aqwmai
<680> (5672)
V-AMS-1S
kan
<2579>
COND-C
twn
<3588>
T-GPN
imatiwn
<2440>
N-GPN
autou
<846>
P-GSM
swyhsomai
<4982> (5701)
V-FPI-1S
NETBible

for she kept saying, 1  “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 2 

NET Notes

1 tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to muster up the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

2 tn Grk “saved.”

2 sn 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 Matt 9:21 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.”