Hem of Garment
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Hem of Garment

The importance which the later Jews, especially the Pharisees, (Matthew 23:5) attached to the hem or fringe of their garments was founded upon the regulation in (Numbers 15:38,39) which gave a symbolical meaning to it. [See DRESS]

Greek
2899. kraspedon -- a border, tassel
... edge, corner, tassel. 2899 -- the hem (border, trim) of a garment. 2899 ()
refers to the of a garment, especially with . Word Origin ...
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Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and ...
... Chapter XXVIII."Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and
of the Woman Who Touched the Hem of His Garment; Of the Question, Also, as ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxviii of the raising of.htm

The Touch of Faith and the Touch of Christ
... And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years,
came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment: 21. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the touch of faith and.htm

A Sight of the Crowned Christ
... Lord Christ passed my humble cot: I knew him, yet I knew him not; But as I oft had
done before, I hurried through my narrow door To touch His garment's hem. ...
/.../quiet talks on the crowned christ of revelation/iii a sight of the crowned.htm

Futility of the Arguments Adduced to Demonstrate the Sufferings of ...
... of being dissolved into the general substance [of the ??ons]; but then, touching
the primary Tetrad, which is typified by the hem of the garment, she was ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xx futility of the arguments.htm

Answer to Mr. W's First Objection.
... There is in all the gospels but one particular account of any person cured by only
touching the hem of Christ's garment; namely, the woman with the bloody issue ...
/.../section 1 answer to mr.htm

Curing the Incurable.
... I could but touch His garment I should be made well." So she pressed through the
crowd, and put out her arm and touched the hem of His garment, and immediately ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the new testament/curing the incurable.htm

Whether the Miracles which Christ Worked were a Sufficient Proof ...
... into towns or into villages or into cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and
besought Him that they might touch but the hem of His garment: and as many ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the miracles which christ.htm

St. Ambrose, Addressing Christ, Complains of the Novatians, and ...
... be healed; save me, and I shall be saved." [2950] The likeness of Thy Church is
that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Thy garment, saying within ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii st ambrose addressing.htm

Matt. xiv. 23, 24
... sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto Him all that were diseased;
and besought Him that they might touch the hem of His garment; and as ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily l matt xiv 23.htm

The Power of Feeble Faith
... can make up her mind to go near Him at all, and then comes creeping up in the crowd
behind, puts out her wasted, trembling hand to His garment's hem"and she ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the power of feeble faith.htm

Resources
What is the meaning of the story of the woman with the issue of blood? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about Limbo? | GotQuestions.org

What was the significance of the priestly garments? | GotQuestions.org

Hem: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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