Lucas 8

Lucas 8

Meyer - Our Daily Homily - Luke 8:46 But Jesus said, Some one did touch Me. (R.V.) Amid the pressure of the crowd that crushed on Him from all sides, Jesus detected the light touch of one thin hand, which drew from Him healing virtue. We may be very near Christ, and throng Him, without touching; but no one can touch Him, however lightly, without deriving the very grace needed. We think of Jesus today amid the thronging crowds of angels and spirits of the just made perfect. Amid their voices will ours be heard? Amid the pressure of their attendance on his sacred person will He stay to recognize our poor trembling touch? Amid the vast interests that depend on Him, the government of the universe, the holding together and consistence of all things, is there any likelihood of our need asserting itself successfully? See, He is hastening on to raise the dead; there is the daughter of many a Jairus waiting for his summons, in the cemeteries and sleeping places of the dead. Will He stay for me? Yes, always. There is the touch of prayer and faith. Thou canst never exercise it, however simply, without eliciting an immediate response. The conductor can detect the tiny note of a piccolo in an orchestra; and Christ is moved by a whisper, a sigh, a tear, a touch. There may be a good deal of mistake and superstition, as there was in this woman, who seemed to have thought that virtue clung to his robes; but He will distinguish the soul of holy trust amid many false ingredients. There is also the touch of affection. He knew when the woman crept to kiss his feet. He did not instantly speak of it, but said afterwards, “From the time I came in she hath not ceased to kiss my feet.” Not one loving expression from thy heart to his is lost on Him! Luke 8:47 When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed. KJV And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. when (KJV): Ps 38:9 Ho 5:3 she came (KJV): 1Sa 16:4 Ps 2:11 Isa 66:2 Ho 13:1 Hab 3:16 Mt 28:8 Mk 5:33 Ac 16:29 1Co 2:3 2Co 7:15 Php 2:12 Heb 12:28 she declared (KJV): Lu 17:15,16 Ps 66:16 Luke 8:42-48 The Sensitivity of Jesus - Ray Pritchard Luke 8:40-48 Jesus' Compassionate Power, Part 1 - John MacArthur Luke 8:40-48 - Steven Cole Luke 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Parallel Passages: Matthew 9 - no parallel Mk 5:33+ But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. NO ESCAPE FROM EYES OF JESUS When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice - Mark tells us an additional detail that probably explains why she realized she felt "trapped." Mark records that Jesus "looked around (periblepo in the imperfect tense - Jesus was glancing around here and there in the crowd and presumably His eyes met hers!) to see (horao - to catch sight of) the woman who had done this." (Mk 5:32+).