Luke 6:19
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
KJV
καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐζήτουν ἅπτεσθαι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι δύναμις παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξήρχετο καὶ ἰᾶτο πάντας.
Greek NT
Et omnis turba quærebat eum tangere : quia virtus de illo exibat, et sanabat omnes.
Vulgate
And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed them all.
ASV
And all the multitude sought to touch him: for virtue went out from him and healed all.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἰάομαι
iaomai
verb · 25×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐζήτουν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐζήτουν | RP: ἐζήτει
- ἐζήτουν — SBLGNT
- ἐζήτουν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐζήτει — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
§695Anointing. the symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit,30 to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. In Christian initiation, anointing is the sacramental sign of Confirmation, called "chrismation" in the Churches of the East. Its full force can be grasped only in relation to the primary anointing accomplished by the Holy Spirit, that of Jesu…
§1116Sacraments are "powers that comes forth" from the Body of Christ,33 which is ever-living and life-giving. They are actions of the Holy Spirit at work in his Body, the Church. They are "the masterworks of God" in the new and everlasting covenant.
§1504Often Jesus asks the sick to believe.107 He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands,108 mud and washing.109 The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all."110 and so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- 2Kgs 4:6 — And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
- 2Kgs 13:21 — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Eli
- Acts 5:15 — Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 19:12 — So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
- John 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
- Luke 5:17 — And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the
- Luke 5:17 — And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the
- Luke 8:45 — 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?
- Luke 8:46 — And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
- Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- Mark 5:30 — And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
- Mark 5:30 — And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
- Mark 6:56 — And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as t
- Mark 6:56 — And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as t
- Mark 8:22 — And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Matt 9:20 — And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
- Matt 14:36 — And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- Matt 14:36 — And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.