'Touch' in the Bible
for she had been saying to herself, “If I only touch His outer robe, I will be healed.”
and they begged Him to let them merely touch the fringe of His robe; and all who touched it were perfectly restored.
for He had healed many, and as a result all who had diseases pressed around Him to touch Him.
For she thought, “If I just touch His clothing, I will get well.”
And wherever He came into villages, or cities, or the countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places and pleading with Him [to allow them] just to touch the fringe (tassel with a blue cord) of His robe; and all who touched it were healed.
Then they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.
People were bringing children to Him so that He would touch and bless them, but the disciples reprimanded them and discouraged them [from coming].
All the people were trying to touch Him, because [healing] power was coming from Him and healing them all.
But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, because I was aware that power [to heal] had gone out of Me.”
But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well, because you weigh men down with burdens [man-made rules, unreasonable requirements] which are hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers [to lighten the load].
Now they were also bringing their babies to Him, so that He would touch and bless them, and when the disciples noticed it, they began reprimanding them.
Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage].
“So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord,“And do not touch what is unclean;And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],
“Do not handle [this], do not taste [that], do not [even] touch!”?
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them (the firstborn of Israel).
We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.