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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
Another of my favorites.... that's why I wanted to split them.
We assume that the woman had been suffering for some time with a feminine problem. It's not stated in the Bible that is was indeed a feminine problem but it only makes sense.... because...
In the days of Jesus there were no feminine hygiene products.... no wings...
From the times when the laws were passed down in Leviticus women who were having a monthly visit from their "friend" were considered unclean. They could not go to temple so they couldn't worship and they could not be intimate either. So this woman had been "unclean" for twelve years.
She had the feeling that all she had to do was touch the cloak of Jesus to be healed. It appears she was a little superstitious. It doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that just touching Jesus would do anything. She was part of the crowd. She had no doubt seen the healings. So when Jesus was passing to go with the little girls father.... she reached out and touched His cloak.
Jesus had to be very sensitive.... I can only imagine the hypersensitivity senses of the Son of God. She only touched the edge of His cloak while He was on His way to assist the father of the little girl.
He turned and faced her. Now if you were in a crowd to see Elvis or Paul McCartney [to use a much lesser symbol] and you touched their clothes in passing and they turned to face you.... it would be quite an experience.... I'm sure you can imagine this was a much greater experience.... I'm sure when their eyes met there was a real thrill [and even fear] that flew through that woman.
She didn't tell Jesus why she had reached out and touched Him. He knew. The verse said she said it to herself.
She had reached out though and that's all it took. Jesus told her "Take heart! Your faith has healed you". The Bible said she was healed at that moment.
I bet she followed Him for some time.
Oh and talk about your multi=tasking.... Jesus had gone from deep religious discussions with church leaders, was on the way to wake a dead little girl... and in the wink of an eye.... He discerned the true faith of a woman who touched His clothes in passing, and forgave her sins based on her faith.
What an awesome Lord!
Matthew 9:18 "While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, 24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region."
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, 24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region."
Another of my favorites.... that's why I wanted to split them.
We assume that the woman had been suffering for some time with a feminine problem. It's not stated in the Bible that is was indeed a feminine problem but it only makes sense.... because...
In the days of Jesus there were no feminine hygiene products.... no wings...
From the times when the laws were passed down in Leviticus women who were having a monthly visit from their "friend" were considered unclean. They could not go to temple so they couldn't worship and they could not be intimate either. So this woman had been "unclean" for twelve years.
She had the feeling that all she had to do was touch the cloak of Jesus to be healed. It appears she was a little superstitious. It doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that just touching Jesus would do anything. She was part of the crowd. She had no doubt seen the healings. So when Jesus was passing to go with the little girls father.... she reached out and touched His cloak.
Jesus had to be very sensitive.... I can only imagine the hypersensitivity senses of the Son of God. She only touched the edge of His cloak while He was on His way to assist the father of the little girl.
He turned and faced her. Now if you were in a crowd to see Elvis or Paul McCartney [to use a much lesser symbol] and you touched their clothes in passing and they turned to face you.... it would be quite an experience.... I'm sure you can imagine this was a much greater experience.... I'm sure when their eyes met there was a real thrill [and even fear] that flew through that woman.
She didn't tell Jesus why she had reached out and touched Him. He knew. The verse said she said it to herself.
She had reached out though and that's all it took. Jesus told her "Take heart! Your faith has healed you". The Bible said she was healed at that moment.
I bet she followed Him for some time.
Oh and talk about your multi=tasking.... Jesus had gone from deep religious discussions with church leaders, was on the way to wake a dead little girl... and in the wink of an eye.... He discerned the true faith of a woman who touched His clothes in passing, and forgave her sins based on her faith.
What an awesome Lord!