Jesus cures the woman of faith (Mt 9:22-9:22)

“Jesus turned.

Seeing her,

He said.

‘Take heart!

Daughter!

Your faith

Has made you well.’

Instantly,

The woman

Was made well.”

 

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς στραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν εἶπεν Θάρσει, θύγατερ· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε. καὶ ἐσώθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.

 

This healing is pretty much the same as can be found in Mark, chapter 5:30-34, and Luke, chapter 8:45-48, where he realized that power had gone forth from him.  Jesus then turned around (ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς στραφεὶς).  He saw her (καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν) and realized what she was thinking.  Like the other times earlier, Jesus said that her faith had saved or cured her (ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε).  He called her “daughter (θύγατερ).”  He told her to have courage and take heart (εἶπεν Θάρσει).  With that, this woman was cured at that very hour (καὶ ἐσώθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης).  Faith is a key ingredient in all these healings.