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A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
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When Human Solutions Fail
Commentators highlight the woman's complete desperation. After 12 years of suffering, she had exhausted all her financial resources on physicians and found no cure. Her situation was hopeless by human standards. Scholars like Spurgeon see this as a powerful picture of sin, a condition that no amount of human effort or resources can ultimately fix, pointing to our need for a divine remedy in Christ.
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Had spent all her living upon physicians (εις ιατρους προσαναλωσασα ολον τον βιον). First aorist active participle of an old verb …
19th Century
Anglican
Neither could be healed of any.—It is, perhaps, worth noting that while St. Luke records the failure of the physicians to…
Baptist
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind …
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The “crowds” (), now an integral part of the narrative, cover the woman’s furtive approach to Jesus. Luke does not specify the nature of the “bleed…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years The Persic version reads, "there was a woman in that city" in the …
Presbyterian
Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise, every wise man …
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