Luke 8:47-48

The woman’s embarrassment was undoubtedly due to her illness and to her presumption in mingling with a crowd even though she was ritually unclean. Her falling at Jesus’ feet recalls the sinful woman in Simon the Pharisee’s house (Luke 7:36-50) who had a kindred spirit of thankfulness. Another reason Jesus insisted on identifying the woman was to secure her public confession of faith in Him. Perhaps Luke included this public confession after a private deliverance as a good example for his readers to follow (cf. Romans 10:9-10). Jesus then corrected a possible misunderstanding that her healing had been the result of magic by ascribing it to her faith. Jesus’ benediction also ties this story in with the earlier one involving the sinful woman (cf. Luke 7:50).