Matthew 9:21

9:21 For she kept saying to herself, ¹  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ² 

Matthew 9:20

9:20 But ³  a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage ⁴  for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge ⁵  of his cloak. ⁶ 

Matthew 14:36

14:36 They begged him if ⁷  they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Matthew 9:16

9:16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

[9:21]  ¹ 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.

[9:21]  ² tn Grk “saved.”

[9:20]  ³ 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).

[9:20]  ⁴ sn Suffering from a hemorrhage. The woman was most likely suffering from a vaginal hemorrhage which would make her ritually unclean.

[9:20]  ⁵ 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.

[9:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “garment,” but here ἱμάτιον (Jimation) denotes the outer garment in particular.

[14:36]  ⁵ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”