For she said to herself, If I only touch his garment, I will be made well. The interior reasoning of the woman: if only. The faith is small in its self-assessment but large in its object — she is convinced that a single touch of Jesus' garment, even from behind, even without his explicit attention, will be sufficient. Mark 5:28 records the same inner reasoning. The conviction about the sufficiency of contact with Jesus, even minimal contact, is the faith that Jesus will commend. She does not need Jesus to know she is there; she only needs to touch what he is wearing.

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