I Wish I Had What the Woman with the Issue of Blood Had
Keywords
woman with bleeding, Jairus’s daughter, symbolism of twelve
Abstract
Tucked inside the Gospel of Luke and then sandwiched inside the healing story of the daughter of Jairus, is the poignant story of the woman who suffered for twelve years with interminable bleeding.
I don’t know why I had never carefully looked at some aspects of the story before, but today when I reviewed the story afresh, I was amazed to learn some unexpected insights.
Twelve Symbolizes Wholeness
I wonder if there is any significance that the daughter of Jairus was “about twelve years of age” and the infirm woman had “an issue of blood twelve years” (Luke 8:42-43). I had never noticed before that these two verses here, back to back, use the number twelve. Perhaps that is nothing more than simple reporting of a time period.
Original Publication Citation
I Wish I Had What the Woman with the Issue of Blood Had, March 18, 2019.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "I Wish I Had What the Woman with the Issue of Blood Had" (2019). Faculty Publications. 10013.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10013
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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