Luke 8 · Verse 45

Luke 8:45

And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Luke 8:45, King James Version

Luke 8:45 in other translations

BSB“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
WEBJesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
ASVAnd Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press thee and crush thee.
YLTAnd Jesus said, ‘Who is it that touched me?' and all denying, Peter and those with him said, ‘Master, the multitudes press thee, and throng thee, and thou dost say, Who is it that touched me!'
DARBYAnd Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?
BBEAnd Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.
WebsterAnd Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, the multitude throng thee, and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

What does Luke 8:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
45. Who touched me?--"Askest Thou, Lord, who touched Thee? Rather ask who touched Thee not in such a throng."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:41-56

Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith…

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Luke 8:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς·IēsousJesus;G2424
τίςtisWho [is]G5101
ὁhothe [one]G3588
ἁψάμενόςhapsamenoshaving touchedG681
μου;mouMe?G3165
ἀρνουμένωνarnoumenōnWhen is denying [it]G720
δὲdehoweverG1161
πάντωνpantōneveryoneG3956
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
ὁho<the>G3588
ΠέτροςPetrosPeterG4074
καὶkaiandG2532
οἱhoithoseG3588
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτοῦ·autouhim:G846
ἐπιστάτα,epistataMaster,G1988
οἱhoitheG3588
ὄχλοιochloipeopleG3793
συνέχουσίνsunechousinsurroundG4912
σεseYouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀποθλίβουσινapothlibousinpress inG598
καὶkaiandG2532
λέγειςlegeissayG3004
τίςtiswhichG5101
ὁhooneG3588
ἁψάμενόςhapsamenoshaving touchedG681
μου.moume.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 8:45

  • Luke 9:13

    But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

  • Mark 5:30-32

    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? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

  • Luke 5:5

    And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who."Not that he was ignorant who had touched him," says Epiphanius, "but that he might not be himself the divulger of the miracle, and that the woman, hearing the question, and drawing near, might testify the singular benefit she had received, and that, in consequence of her declaration, she might presently hear from his lips, that her faith had saved her; and by this means, others might be excited to come and be healed of their disorders."
the multitude.
9:13; Mr 5:30-32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 8:44

    Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

  • Luke 8:45

    And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

  • Luke 8:46

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

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Luke 8:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Jesús dijo: ¿Quién es el que me ha tocado? Y negando todos, dijo Pedro y los que estaban con él: Maestro, la compañía te aprieta y oprime, y dices: ¿Quién es el que me ha tocado?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus dit: Qui est-ce qui m’a touché? Et comme tous niaient, Pierre dit, et ceux qui étaient avec lui: Maître, les foules te serrent et te pressent, et tu dis: Qui est-ce qui m’a touché?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jesus sprach: Wer ist es, der mich angerührt hat? Als aber alle leugneten, sprach Petrus und die mit ihm waren: Meister, die Volksmenge drängt und drückt dich, und du sagst: Wer ist es, der mich angerührt hat?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ait Jesus: Quis est, qui me tetigit? Negantibus autem omnibus, dixit Petrus, et qui cum illo erant: Præceptor, turbæ te comprimunt, et affligunt, et dicis: Quis me tetigit?