33. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in
her--alarmed, as a humble, shrinking female would naturally be, at
the necessity of so public an exposure of herself, yet conscious that
she had a tale to tell which would speak for her.
came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth--In Luke
(Lu 8:47)
it is, "When the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling,
and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the
people for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed
immediately." This, though it tried the modesty of the believing woman,
was just what Christ wanted in dragging her forth, her public testimony
to the facts of her case--the disease, with her abortive efforts at a
cure, and the instantaneous and perfect relief which her touching the
Great Healer had brought her.
JFB.
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