Luke 8:43

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,^[a] but no one could heal her.

Luke 8:43 in Other Translations

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

43 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.

43 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure.

43 In the crowd that day there was a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with hemorrhages. She had spent every penny she had on doctors but not one had been able to help her.

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

43 A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her.

43 A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors yet could not be healed by any,

43 A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. Her sickness had lasted for 12 years. No one could heal her.

Luke 8:43 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:43

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years
The Persic version reads, "there was a woman in that city" in the city of Capernaum; (See Gill on Matthew 9:20).

Which had spent all her living upon physicians;
she had applied to one physician and another, and had consumed all her substance in this way:

neither could be healed of any;
though she had followed the directions and prescriptions of many, who pretended they were able to cure her; (See Gill on Mark 5:26).

Luke 8:43 In-Context

41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house

42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 15:25-30

Footnotes

• [a]. Many manuscripts "years, and she had spent all she had on doctors"