for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.”
Here are two miracles woven together, as Christ's good works were thick sown through His days. Note how trouble drives us to Him: this ruler's daughter died, and he came worshipping at Christ's feet. In affliction we must not sit astonished but fall down and pray, as Job did. His humility showed itself in coming himself, not sending a servant, and in giving Christ all honor, for they who would receive mercy from Christ must give honor to Christ.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 9:18-26
But Jesus turned him about,.... Knowing what was done behind him, that virtue was gone out of him, that the woman had touched him, and was healed; which is a clear proof of his omniscience, and so of his deity: not that he was angry with her for touching him, though she was an impure woman; for though men and garments were defiled by the...