22 Bible Verses about Touch
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You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts, to the blare of a trumpet and to a Voice whose words made those who heard it refuse to hear another syllable (for they could not bear the command, If even a beast touches the mountain, it must be stoned) ??21 indeed, so awful was the sight that Moses said, I am terrified and aghast.read more.
You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering, to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.
As you died with Christ to the Elemental spirits of the world, why live as if you still belonged to the world? Why submit to rules and regulations like "Hands off this!" "Taste not that!" "Touch not this!" ??22 referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;
so he stretched his hand out and touched him, with the words, "I do choose, be cleansed." And his leprosy was cleansed at once.
so he stretched his hand out in pity and touched him saying, "I do choose, be cleansed." And the leprosy at once left him and he was cleansed.
So he stretched his hand out and touched him, with the words, "I do choose, be cleansed." And the leprosy at once left him.
Then he touched their eyes and said, "As you believe, so your prayer is granted," and their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly charged them, "See, nobody is to know of this."
Then Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and they regained their sight at once and followed him.
So taking him aside from the crowd by himself, he put his fingers into the man's ears, touched his tongue with saliva,
Then they reached Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request that he would touch him. So he took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village; then, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?" He began to see and said, "I can make out people, for I see them as large as trees, moving."read more.
At this he laid his hands on his eyes once more, and the man stared in front of him; he was quite restored and saw everything distinctly.
As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." So Jesus rose and went after him, accompanied by his disciples. Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe;read more.
what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover." Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour. Now when Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players and the din the crowd were making, he said, "Be off with you; the girl is not dead but asleep." They laughed at him. But after the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand, and the girl rose up.
A president of the synagogue called Jairus came up, and on catching sight of him fell at his feet with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live," So Jesus went away with him. Now a large crowd followed him; they pressed round him.read more.
And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse. She heard about Jesus, got behind him in the crowd, and touched his robe; "if I can touch even his clothes," she said to herself, "I will recover." And at once the hemorrhage stopped, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint. Jesus was at once conscious that some healing virtue had passed from him, so he turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd are pressing round you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" But he kept looking round to see who had done it, and the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward in fear and trembling and fell down before him, telling him all the truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint." He was still speaking when a message came from the house of the synagogue-president, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher to come any further?" Instantly Jesus ignored the remark and told the president, "Have no fear, only believe." He would not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. So they reached the president's house, where he saw a tumult of people wailing and making shrill lament; and on entering he asked them, "Why make a noise and wail? The child is not dead but asleep." They laughed at him. However, he put them all outside and taking the father and mother of the child as well as his companions he went in to where the child was lying; then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha koum" ??which may be translated, "Little girl, I am telling you to rise." The girl got up at once and began to walk (she was twelve years old); and at once they were lost in utter amazement.
A man called Jairus came, who was a president of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus entreated him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him, and a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years which no one could cure,read more.
came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe. Her hemorrhage instantly ceased. Jesus said, "Who touched me?" As everyone denied it, Peter and his companions said, "Master, the crowds are all round you pressing hard!" Jesus said, "Somebody did touch me, for I felt power had passed from me." So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured. "Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well; depart in peace." He was still speaking when someone came from the house of the synagogue-president to say, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher any further." But when Jesus heard it he said to him, "Have no fear, only believe and she shall get well." When he reached the house he would not allow anyone to come in with him except Peter and James and John, and the child's father and mother. Everyone was weeping and bewailing her, but he said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep." They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But he took her hand and called to her, "Rise, little girl." And her spirit returned, she got up instantly, and he ordered them to give her something to eat.
Then he went forward and touched the bier; the bearers stopped, and he said, "Young man, I bid you rise."
When the disciples heard the voice they fell on their faces in terror; but Jesus came forward and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear."
Now people brought children for him to touch them, and the disciples checked them;
Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people,
Now people even brought their infants for him to touch them; when the disciples noticed it they checked them,
It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called 'the Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came; and when the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord," he said, "Unless I see his hands with the mark of the nails, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe it." Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"read more.
Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe."
It was by faith that he celebrated the passover and performed the sprinkling by blood, so that the destroying angel might not touch Israel's first-born.
Therefore come away from them, separate, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean; then I will receive you,
From Thematic Bible
Touch » Faith's » Contact with Christ, brought healing to those who touched him
Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe; what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover." Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.
for he healed so many that all who had complaints were pressing on him to get a touch of him.
On crossing over they came to land at Gennesaret. The men of that place recognized him and sent all over the surrounding country, bringing him all who were ill and begging him to let them touch the mere tassel of his robe ??and all who touched it got perfectly well.
Indeed the whole of the crowd made efforts to touch him, for power issued from him and cured everybody.
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The reassuring touch
Then Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and they regained their sight at once and followed him.
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The touch upon childhood
Now people brought children for him to touch them, and the disciples checked them;
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The liberating touch
So taking him aside from the crowd by himself, he put his fingers into the man's ears, touched his tongue with saliva,
Then his ears were [at once] opened and his tongue freed from its fetter ??he began to speak correctly.
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The illuminating touch
Then he touched their eyes and said, "As you believe, so your prayer is granted," and their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly charged them, "See, nobody is to know of this."
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The quieting touch
so he touched her hand; the fever left her and she rose and ministered to him.
Touch » Christ's secured health and comfort for those whom he touched » The cleansing touch
so he stretched his hand out and touched him, with the words, "I do choose, be cleansed." And his leprosy was cleansed at once.