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Selected Verse: Luke 8:45 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 8:45 |
King James |
And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Who touched me?--"Askest Thou, Lord, who touched Thee? Rather ask who touched Thee not in such a throng." |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Who touched (τίς ὁ ἁψαμενός)
Lit., who is he that touched ? Rev., who is it that.
Throng and press (συνέχουσιν - ἀποθλίβουσιν)
On the former word, see Luk 8:37, and Luk 4:38. Rev. renders the latter, which occurs here only, more literally, crush. It means to squeeze out, as wine from grapes. See on tribulation, Mat 13:21. |
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.