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The DEEP

A Woman Jesus Healed Sets up a Lesson

Faith is the key.

Luke 8:40-48 (ESV)

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying.

As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”

How does Jesus know someone touched him? Why does He care? Why does He want to know who it was? Why is the woman afraid? Why does Jesus call her out anyway?

All these are connected. Verse 46 answers the first question; Jesus perceives that power has gone out from Him. But why has power gone out from Him?

Verse 48 answers that question and then all the dots connect. Jesus tells the woman, “Daughter, your faith has made you well.” The woman’s faith is why the power went out from Jesus.

That’s the point of the whole incident. Notice that Jesus gives credit for the healing to the woman’s faith. He wants to teach this lesson, so He seeks her out. She’s afraid because she knows she took something from Him and she assumes He wants it back or has some other “normal” motive. It never occurs to her that all Jesus wants to do is teach.

In her fear she actually teaches most of the lesson when she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. Jesus then wraps it up, explaining what actually happened by saying, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.

This is an important part of the Lord’s agenda. The people need to learn that faith is the key.


Faith is the key, but faith in what? Lots of people think it’s faith in the cross.

It’s not. It’s faith in Jesus – specifically faith in who He is.

That’s all this lady knew. That’s all the thief on the cross knew – that He is the king. That’s why we confess Jesus as Lord. He saves His people, and His people are the ones for whom He is Lord. That’s saving faith.

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. – Romans 10:9 (ESV)


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Mike Slay

As a mathematician, inventor, and ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, Mike Slay brings an analytical, conversational, and even whimsical approach to the daily study of God's Word.

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