THE WOMAN WHO TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT AND WAS HEALED
For those of you who don’t like to read ... you may be tempted to skip this ... HOWEVER ... you could miss something that will change & transform your life with this little “nugget.”
“… with healing in its wings (kanaph) …” Malachi 4:2
What I believe, led me to have a question. So, first ... allow me to tell you what I believe. And, second, I’ll state my question.
I believe that FAITH comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) So, I believe that “somewhere” she must have heard about touching the hem of the garment of Jesus.
When you UNDERSTAND “kingdom” ... when you understand that “kingdom” is government ... when you understand the “kingdom” then you begin to understand how the Lord functions.
So ... my “question” was this ... did she have a “legal” foundation to expect healing? Once you go through this, it is my hope that it triggers FAITH within YOU to receive what YOU need.
[Also, please let me know in the comments if you’ve heard this from this perspective before. I have not, it’s something that I believe the Lord revealed to me tonight. Maybe I’ve just “missed it” before now.]
LET’S BEGIN ...
This woman did not act on a random, desperate impulse or a superstitious hunch. She acted on a precise, revelation-packed prophetic promise written in the Hebrew Scriptures. Because she was a Jewish woman, she would have heard this scripture taught in the synagogues since her childhood.
The connection lies entirely in the specific part of the garment she reached out to touch, and a specific prophecy about the coming Messiah.
1. The Hebrew Reality: What Was the “Hem”?
In our English translations, we read that she touched the “hem” or the “fringe” of His garment (Matthew 9:20, Luke 8:44). In the original Greek text, the word is kraspedon.
To a first-century Jew, this was a highly specific technical term. It refers directly to the tzitzit—the sacred, commanded tassels attached to the four corners of a Jewish man’s outer robe or prayer shawl (tallit).
God explicitly commanded this garment architecture in the Torah:
Numbers 15:38–39 (NASB 1995): “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels (tzitzit) on the corners of their garments throughout their generations... It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them...”
These four corners of the garment were called the kanaph in Hebrew. The word kanaph literally means “wings.” So, the four corners of Jesus’ outer robe where the tassels hung were known to every Jew as the “wings” of the garment.
2. The Prophecy That Motivated Her
Now, put yourself in her position. For twelve years, she has been legally “unclean” under Levitical law due to her hemorrhage (Leviticus 15:25). Anyone she touches becomes unclean. She is isolated, bankrupt, and physically dying.
But she knows the prophets. Specifically, she knows the literal last page of the Hebrew prophetic timeline—the final chapter of the book of Malachi, which explicitly predicts how the Messiah will reveal Himself when He arrives on earth:
Malachi 4:2 (NASB 1995): “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings (kanaph); and you will go forth and skip like calves from the stall.”
The Epiphany of Her Faith
When this woman heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing through, and she saw the crowds proclaiming Him as the Son of David (the Messiah), the Holy Spirit lit up Malachi 4:2 in her heart.
She didn’t just see a popular rabbi. Her faith connected the dots:
Malachi said the Messiah is the “Sun of Righteousness.”
Malachi promised that when He appears, He will have supernatural, divine healing locked inside His “wings” (kanaph—the corners of His garment).
Therefore, if I can just crawl through this crowd and make physical contact with the tassels on the wings of His robe, the covenant promise of Malachi must legally release healing into my body.
This is why Matthew records her precise inner dialogue:
“For she was saying to herself, ‘If I only touch His garment, I will get well’” (Matthew 9:21).
It wasn’t a wish; it was a scriptural calculation.
3. Jesus Confirms Her Revelation
When she touches the tassel, Jesus immediately stops the entire crowd because He felt “power (dynamis) go out from Him” (Luke 8:46).
When she confesses, notice the specific word Jesus uses to seal her healing:
Matthew 9:22 (NASB 1995): “But Jesus turning and seeing her said, ‘Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.’ At once the woman was well.”
What was her faith? Her faith was taking a written, Old Testament prophetic decree (Malachi 4:2), tracking down the living Word of God walking in her streets, and putting a physical demand on that promise.
She proved that the Word of God is not static. She didn’t wait for Jesus to notice her, preach to her, or lay hands on her. She used the Scripture as her legal clearance to reach out and take what the King had already promised belonged to those who feared His name.
Find YOUR answer, YOUR solution, in scripture ... speak your expectation (“with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” ... Romans 10:10), then believe you receive (Mark 11:24). Now ... walk in your answer ... your solution ... your miracle.
[Please declare your victory in the comments, and share this post with others who need a solution.]
May God bless you abundantly, and make you a blessing to others!
Bishop Dennis Davis
Christian Fellowship International
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