Woman with an Issue of Blood
(Matt. 9:20–22; Mark 5:25–34, Luke 8:43–48)

Among the throng surrounding Christ as he was on the way to the house of Jairus was a woman suffering from a chronic hemorrhage. She unobtrusively touched the hem of his robe as he passed by, and was instantly cured. But Christ was intuitively aware of what she had done and turned to her, whereupon the woman threw herself at his feet. "My daughter, your faith has cured you. Go in peace." The scene is the entrance to Jairus' house. The woman kneels at the feet of Christ, one hand touching the edge of his garment. Jairus, a venerable, gray-bearded figure, stands beside him together with the disciples Peter James and John. The subject may form a pendant to the Raising of Jairus' Daughter, the episode that immediately follows in the gospels.