Matthew 9:20
Matthew 9:20 is a verse in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Content In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is: Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: The New International Version translates the passage as: Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. Analysis Eusebius tells us that this woman was from Cæsarea Philippi, where, in honour of her miraculous cure, "afterwards erected a brazen monument, descriptive of this event, before the door of her house." Commentary from the Church Fathers Chrysostom: "Mark and Luke say that He took with Him three disciples only, namely, Peter, James, and John; He took not Matthew, to quicken his desires, and because he was yet not perfectly minded; and for this reason He honours these three, that others may become like-minded. It was enough meanwhile