“And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:”
Matthew 9:20 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 9:20
aug hter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.' And the woman was made whole from that hour.
After His instructions He adds a miracle, which should mightily discomfit the Pharisees, because he who came to beg this miracle, was a ruler of the synagogue and the mourning was great, for she was his only child, and of the age of twelve years, that is, when the flower of youth begins; 'While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came one of their chief men unto him.'
We ought to admire and at the same time to imitate the humility and mercifulness of the Lord; as soon as ever He was asked, He rose to follow him that asked: 'And Jesus rose, and followed him.' Here is instruction both for such as are in command, and such as are in subjection. To these He has left an example of obedience; to those who are set over others He shews how earnest and watchful they should be in teaching; whenever they hear of any being dead in spirit, they should…