5:30
The woman may have acted furtively, but Jesus knew that power had gone out of Him. Now this raises the interesting question of whether Jesus healed the woman because He is God, or as a man living in complete obedience to God. In favour of the latter view is the fact that Jesus at times gave His disciples the power to heal, and He expected and wanted people to believe that God would heal. So I would say that the clear Scriptural evidence is that some healings occurred because Jesus was a man perfectly under God’s authority. However, that does not necessarily mean that all healings were a result of this. The reference here to power going out of Jesus could mean that this is an instance of Jesus healing as God. Against this is that this seems to have happened without any conscious action on Jesus’ part, whereas in other healings it was a conscious act on His part. It could be that here the power of God flowed through Jesus.
5:31,32
Whatever the case, the disciples thought Jesus was mad. How on earth could He expect to know who had touched Him when so many people were milling around Him? But Jesus wanted to know. The woman had been healed of her physical condition, but the condition had also had an effect on her as a person, living for twelve years in a state of disgrace, not able to fully join in the religious life of the community, being someone others would be wary of even touching, and being reminded of this daily. She could feel rejected by men and by God. This needed to be dealt with.
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