Matthew 14:36

14:36 They begged him if ¹  they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Matthew 9:21

9:21 For she kept saying to herself, ²  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ³ 

Matthew 9:29

9:29 Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

Matthew 8:15

8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then ⁴  she got up and began to serve them.

Matthew 9:20

9:20 But ⁵  a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage ⁶  for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge ⁷  of his cloak. ⁸ 

Matthew 20:34

20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Matthew 8:3

8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched ⁹  him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

¹ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

² tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to find the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

³ tn Grk “saved.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then.”

⁴ tn Grk “And behold a woman.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

⁵ sn Suffering from a hemorrhage. The woman was most likely suffering from a vaginal hemorrhage which would make her ritually unclean.

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Grk “garment,” but here ἱμάτιον (Jimation) denotes the outer garment in particular.

⁵ sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).