Matthew 9:22

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Matthew 9:22 is a verse in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν εἶπε, Θάρσει, θύγατερ· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε. Καὶ ἐσώθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

The New International Version translates the passage as:

Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

Witham states that the woman's faith is attributed as the cause of the healing, in that she believed that by touching his garment she might be saved. Witham also notes that interestingly Jesus turns about and looks, as if he were ignorant and wanted to see who touched him. From the different gospel accounts, it isn't clear if she was healed upon Jesus' words or the moment she touched his garment.^[1]

• Other translations of Matthew 9:22 at BibleHub