19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
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And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Insomuch 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. …
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)In these verses, we have our Lord Jesus in secret , in his family , and in public ; and in all three acting like himself. I. In secret we have him praying to God , Luke 6:12. This evangelist takes frequent notice of Christ’s retirements, to give us an example of secret prayer, by which we must keep up our communion with God daily, and without which it is impossible that the soul should prosper. In…
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