Text -- Luke 8:44 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 8:44

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.