Let's look at a few examples of passages of the New Testament that come to life when we dig a little deeper into the Hebraic Roots.
Luke 8:43-48
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Border (Strongs 2899) Greek Kraspedon = a fringe, or tassel, hem, edge
Deut. 22:12
“You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.
Numbers 15:38-41
“Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”
Corner (Strongs 03671) Hebrew Kanaph = an edge or extremity, a wing (of a garment)
tassel (Strongs 06734) Hebrew tzitzit = a tassel, fringe, lock, - from Strongs 06731) tzits = shining thing, feather
Malachi 4:2a
"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in his wings;…"
Corner (Strongs 03671) Hebrew Kanaph = an edge or extremity, a wing (of a garment)
Let's look at Luke 8:43-48 again.
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
What we learn from this passage when we look at it from a Hebraic perspective is that the woman was not just reaching out for Him in blindly, hoping she might be healed. She was reaching out for the corner or "wing" of his garment where his tzitzit or tassels were located. She believed that He (Yeshua) was the fulfillment of the prophecy of Malachi 4:2. She was reaching out in faith that He was the Messiah, the Son of righteousness, and that He would have healing in His tassels. "Thy faith hath made thee whole".
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