Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 8:46

And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

KJV

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· ἥψατό μού τις· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔγνων δύναμιν ἐξεληλυθυῖαν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ.

Greek NT

Et dicit Jesus : Tetigit me aliquis : nam ego novi virtutem de me exiisse.

Vulgate

But Jesus said, Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone forth from me.

ASV

And Jesus said: Somebody hath touched me; for I know that virtue is gone out from me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐξεληλυθυῖαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξεληλυθυῖαν | RP: ἐξελθοῦσαν
  • ἐξεληλυθυῖαν — SBLGNT
  • ἐξεληλυθυῖαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξελθοῦσαν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§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.
2. Having then come unto Him, she says nothing else, but Have mercy on me, and by her cry brings about them many spectators. For indeed it was a pitiful spectacle to see a woman crying aloud in so great affliction, and that woman a mother, and entreating for a daughter, and for a daughter in such evil case: she not even venturing to bring into the Master's sight her that was po…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

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:
  • 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 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
  • 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?