[Dustoff45]

I have always found this passage very demonstrative of a person risking it all. Jesus was with Jarius, a synagogue leader. If Jarius had seen the woman, unclean, out in public, he had the authority on the spot to order the woman stoned to death.

The narrative becomes a little more complicated in the various Gospel accounts, when as Jesus is delayed due to the woman's actions, Jarius is notified that the daughter, to whom they were traveling, had just died. The woman is now clean (Healed) and suddenly is free from the option of a death sentence by Jarius.

In short, the woman put in all on the line, as if her actions spoke - 'If I can just get to Jesus, before anyone spots me, I will be healed.'

[SouthernClaire]

I appreciated and enjoyed your post, Dustoff45. God bless.