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LUKE 8:45 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 8:44Luke 8:46
“And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?”
Who touched me? Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, master, the crowds are pressing and jostling against you — the question who touched me in a crushing crowd is inexplicable from the disciples' perspective. Peter's response points to the physical impossibility of singling out one touch from the many. The master address is Luke's characteristic term.

Church Fathers on Luke 8:45

After relating the miracle of the Gadarenes, Luke goes on to relate that of the ruler of the synagogue’s daughter; saying, And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

Augustine · 4th century

At once both because of His teaching, and His miracles.

Theophylact · 11th century

The name is inserted for the sake of the Jews, who ho at that time well knew the event, that the name might be a demonstrative proof of the miracle. And there came not one of the lowest, but a ruler of the synagogue, that the mouths of the Jews might be the more closed. As it follows, And he was a ruler of the synagogue. Now he came to Christ because of his need; for grief sometimes urges us to do those things which are right, according to the Psalm, Hold their mouths with…

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