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Matthew's and Luke's accounts specify the "fringe" of his cloak, using a Greek word which also appears in Mark 6. [8] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on fringes in Scripture, the Pharisees (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism) who were the progenitors of modern Rabbinic Judaism, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (Matthew 23:5), [9] a reference to ...
And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His (Jesus') cloak; for she was saying to herself, 'If I only touch His garment, I will get well.' But Jesus turning and seeing her said, 'Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.' At once the woman was made well.
The woman's "male child" is a reference to Jesus (Revelation 12:5), since he is destined to "rule all nations with a rod of iron" (Revelation 12:5). The dragon trying to devour the woman's child at the moment of his birth (Revelation 12:4) is a reference to Herod the Great's attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16). Through his death and ...
She sneaks up to Jesus and touches his garment, according to Matt 9:20–22 and Luke 8:43–48 (see also Mark 6:53–56, Mark 6#Healing of the sick of Gennesaret) the "fringe of his cloak" [12] (Matt 9:20 - NRSV), by which she is healed. He turns to see who and she fearfully confesses.
After being introduced to Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene became one of Christ's most devoted followers. Mary Magdalene became a symbol of the sacrament of penance and contemplation. [ 4 ] In Baroque art, Mary Magdalene is usually shown beneath Christ's feet because according to interpretations of the Bible , she was a prostitute who washed Jesus ...
A woman who had been bleeding for 12 years touched Jesus' cloak, hoping to be healed. Jesus saw her and said: 'Take courage, daughter, your faith has healed you.' And from that moment the woman was healed. Mark 5:25–34 A woman who had been bleeding for 12 years, and spent all she had on physicians to no avail, heard about Jesus and touched ...
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Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, [3] was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian sacred tradition. [4] A celebrated saint in many pious Christian countries, the 17th-century Acta Sanctorum published by the Bollandists listed her feast under July 12, [5] but the German Jesuit scholar Joseph Braun cited her commemoration in Festi ...