When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak — the woman's approach is from behind, hidden in the crowd, an anonymous touch rather than a direct approach. Her approach from behind communicates her awareness of her ritual status: she is ritually impure and touching the ritually pure would transfer impurity to them. She touches his cloak rather than his person — the edge of the garment, the minimum contact. But she has heard about Jesus and the touch is an act of faith — specific, intentional faith that the power she has heard about can transfer even through the garment.

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