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He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
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A Daughter of God
Commentators note that Jesus' use of 'Daughter' was exceptionally tender and significant. It wasn't just a kind word to calm her fears; scholars like John Gill suggest it signaled her new spiritual status as a child of God. Through her faith, she was welcomed into a new family relationship with God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Daughter. A word of kindness, tending to inspire confidence and dissipate her fears.
Be whole. That is, continue …
Go in peace (Hυπαγε εις ειρηνην). She found sympathy, healing, and pardon for her sins, apparently. Peace here may have more the i…
19th Century
Anglican
Go in peace.—The phrase has become so idiomatic that we dare not change it, but it may be well to remember that the true meaning …
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Baptist
And he said to her, Daughter,
This was a very unusual way for Christ to speak to a woman, so careful was he in his speech, but then …
The woman, though “trembling with fear,” came forward, prostrated herself before Jesus, and told him everything. This must have taken great courage…
16th Century
Protestant
Go in peace, and be delivered from your scourge. From this exhortation we infer that the benefit which she had obtained was fully ratified…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to her, daughter Instead of reproving her, or showing any anger, or resentment at her, as she feared, he…
A despised gospel will go where it will be better received. One of the rulers of a synagogue earnestly pleaded with Christ for a little daughter, a…
