"These [in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." - Acts 17:11
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(22) Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, "Courage, my daughter! Your faith has made you well." At that very moment the woman became well.

(30) At once Jesus knew that power had gone out of him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" (31) His disciples answered, "You see how the people are crowding you; why do you ask who touched you?" (32) But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. (33) The woman realized what had happened to her, so she came, trembling with fear, knelt at his feet, and told him the whole truth. (34) Jesus said to her, "My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your trouble."

(45) Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied it, and Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you." (46) But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me." (47) The woman saw that she had been found out, so she came trembling and threw herself at Jesus' feet. There in front of everybody, she told him why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once. (48) Jesus said to her, "My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

Good News Bible copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society.

Jesus is aware of this woman's suffering and of her faith from the moment she touches Him, feeling power leave Him. He asks, "Who touched Me?" to glorify God by bringing this healing out into the open, which also identifies Him as the Healer. Although He puts the woman on the spot to confess openly what she had done, He encourages her by commending her faith. Jesus is thrilled to find faith in this Galilean crowd, since, while most in the crowd thronged Him outwardly, she connected with Him inwardly through her faith. His tender confirmation that her healing was permanent encouraged many, and the revelation that He is the One Healer who had truly made her well produced a tremendous witness.

Jesus says that her faith had made her whole, but faith has no actual healing power. Faith is a required conduit through which healing flows. The same holds true in our spiritual healing: "We believe [have faith] that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved" (Acts 15:11).

His command, "Go in peace!" (Mark 5:34; Luke 8:48), literally means "Go into peace." In other words, Jesus is instructing her to be thankful for her body's healing, but as she moved forward, she would enter into the peace that He had come to impart to all those who trusted in Him.

The restoration of an individual from sin to spiritual health parallels this woman's physical healing. In the same way, sinners cannot purchase the healing of their sinfulness. Christ alone can deal with our corrupt condition and fully and instantaneously restore us by His sacrificial death. Just as this woman's healing is freely given in response to her faith, so does God extend grace to those who believe Him.

— Martin G. Collins

To learn more, see:
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing a Woman With a Flow of Blood



 

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Faith as Conduit of Healing

Jesus Christ as Healer

Jesus Christ's Miracles: Healing Woman with Flow

Miracles of Jesus Christ

Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing Woman with Flow




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