Matthew 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, a woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood for twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ, ἰδού, γυνὴ, αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

And, idou, a gynē, haimorroousa twelve etē, having proselthusa opisthen, hēpsato of the kraspedou of the himatiou of him:

Grammar Details

• *idou*: aorist imperative - behold/look
• *gynē*: nominative, feminine, singular - woman
• *haimorroousa*: present active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having a flow of blood
• *etē*: accusative, neuter, plural - years
• *proselthusa*: aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having approached
• *opisthen*: adverb - behind
• *hēpsato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - touched
• *kraspedou*: genitive, neuter, singular - edge/fringe/tassel
• *himatiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - garment/cloak

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *gynē*: woman/wife
• *haimorroousa*: having a flow of blood/bleeding
• *proselthusa*: having approached/having come to
• *opisthen*: behind/from behind
• *hēpsato*: touched/took hold of
• *kraspedou*: edge/fringe/tassel/hem
• *himatiou*: garment/cloak/robe

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Just then, a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And beholde a woman which was diseased wt an yssue of bloude.xii. yeres came behynde hym and toched ye hem of hys vesture.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And beholde, a woman which was diseased wt an yssue of bloude xij. yeres, came behynde hym, and touched the hem of hys vesture.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  ( And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behynde hym, and touched the hemme of his vesture.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 14:36 : 36 And begged him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
• Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,
• Mark 5:25-43 : 25 And a certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things from many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may only touch his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out of him, turned around in the crowd, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said to him, You see the multitude thronging you, and do you say, Who touched me? 32 And he looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction. 35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house some who said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Master any further? 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be afraid, only believe. 37 And he allowed no man to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 38 And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly. 39 And when he came in, he said to them, Why do you make this commotion, and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeping. 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the girl, and those who were with him, and entered in where the girl was lying. 41 And he took the girl by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Girl, I say to you, arise. 42 And immediately the girl arose, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
• Luke 8:43-56 : 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed by any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the multitude crowds you and presses you, and you ask, Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody has touched me: for I perceive that power has gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared to him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said to her, Daughter, be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace. 49 While he yet spoke, there comes one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Your daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 51 And when he came into the house, he allowed no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the girl. 52 And all wept, and mourned for her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Girl, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose immediately: and he commanded to give her food. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no one what was done.
• Deut 22:12 : 12 You shall make tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
• Acts 19:12 : 12 So that handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Num 15:38-39 : 38 Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue cord on the fringe of the borders: 39 And it shall be for you a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, in which you used to go astray:
• Mark 6:56 : 56 And wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the streets, and begged him that they might touch even the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
• Mark 8:22 : 22 And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
• Lev 15:25-33 : 25 And if a woman has an issue of her blood for many days outside of the time of her separation, or if it runs beyond the time of her separation; all the days of her issue of uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed where she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her separation: and whatever she sits upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. 27 And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. 28 But if she is cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they do not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled by it; 33 And of her that is sick of her impurity, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.
• Acts 5:15 : 15 So much so that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.