Matthew 9:20 - Exposition

( And, behold,… that hour ). The Revised Version and the ordinary editions of the Authorized Version omit the brackets, as unnecessary. And, behold, a woman which was diseased with ( who had , Revised Version) an issue of blood ( αἱμοῤῥοοῦσα ). Physically and (Le Matthew 15:25 ) ceremonially unclean. Twelve years . The age of Jairus' daughter as recorded in the parallel passages. The coincidence led to its being remembered, and the number itself was the more noticeable as it seems to have symbolized the presence of God in nature (3 x 4). Came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment . Hem ; border (Revised Version); τοῦ κρασπέδου : fimbriam (Vulgate). The zizith ," tassels or fringes of hyacinth blue m-white Wool, which every Israelite, by reason of the prescription ( Numbers 15:37 , sqq. ; Deuteronomy 22:12 ), had to wear at the four corners of his upper garment," Schurer, who adds in a note, "The colour of the zizith is now white, while originally it was to be of hyacinth blue. The Mishna, Menachoth , Matthew 4:1 , already presupposes that both are allowed. They are also not now worn, as the Pentateuch directs, and as was still the custom in the time of Christ, on the upper garment ( תילִּטַ ἱμάτιον ), but on the two square woollen shawls, one of which is always worn on the body, while the other is only wound round the head during prayer Both these shawls are also called Tallith."