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Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone forth from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
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Jesus's Innate Power
Commentators explain that the "virtue" or "power" that went out from Jesus was His own innate, divine power. Unlike the apostles who healed by power given to them, Jesus healed from a power that was essentially His as God. He was not a passive conduit; He was consciously aware of this power being willingly released.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Virtue had gone out of him: power to heal. The word in the original means power.
Who touched my clothes? He said …
Perceiving in himself (επιγνους εν εαυτω). She thought, perhaps, that the touch of Christ's garment would cure her without his kno…
19th Century
Anglican
That virtue had gone out of him—Literally, knowing fully in Himself the virtue that had gone out of Him. The word “virtue…
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Baptist
They spoke too fast, as we also sometimes do; it would have been well if they had said nothing which looked like questioning their Master's word.
Jesus too was aware that something had happened to him. Healing energy had gone out of him for someone’s benefit, and he insisted on knowing who it…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus immediately knowing in himself As soon as ever the woman had touched his garments, and had a cure, Christ,…
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