for she kept saying to herself, "If I just touch his cloak, I will be healed (saved, free).
[Both the dead girl and the woman were ceremonially unclean according to Jewish law. For the woman, this was as big a problem as the disease itself, because everything she touched became unclean, see . She was excluded from society, and it is not unlikely that her husband also divorced her because of her illness. The reason why the woman wanted to touch the tassel may be the Bible verse in which states that "the sun of righteousness," referring to the coming Messiah, "shall arise with healing in its wings." The word often translated as "wing" is the same word used for "corner" in , where the commandment to wear four tassels on the "corners" of one's clothing is instituted. The corner tassel is also a symbol of power and authority. When David cut off the corner tassel of Saul's robe, he had taken the king's authority, see . Another example is Ruth, who asked Boaz to spread his cloak over her, see . When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus' cloak, she touched Jesus' power and authority. Normally, the person the woman touched would become unclean; instead, it is the woman who is healed and cleansed.]
There [among the crowd] was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years [and had spent all her money on doctors] and could not be healed by anyone. [For as long as the girl had lived, this woman had suffered from these chronic hemorrhages. The phrase about her spending all her money on doctors is missing from the earliest manuscripts, probably added by a scribe to harmonize with .]
