Touched

"Now a woman having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border (hem) of His garment. (For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.") And immediately her flow of blood stopped. And Jesus said, "Who touched Me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes throng and press you, and You say, "Who touched Me?" But Jesus said, "Somebody touched Me, for I perceive that virtue is gone out of Me."  Lk. 8:43-46, and Mt. 9:21
Jesus was on His way to the house of the leader of the synagogue, whose daughter was very ill. His journey to heal the young girl was interrupted by this event, above.
The woman, who was not only afflicted by a physical condition, she was also considered "unclean" according to the Law of Moses. For twelve years, no one else would have been willing to touch her, because of this. She was not allowed to touch others, even her own family, because of this. Yet she reached for the part of Jesus' garment that represented the Law of Moses, the hem, or "fringes" on a prayer shawl. Why would she reach for that part of His garment for her healing, when that is the very part that condemned her as unclean according to the understanding of those around her? Isn't that interesting? Perhaps it goes to Jesus' identity as the Law, which is part of the Word, and as His identity as the fulfillment of the Law. He fulfilled the Law for her, when she, having spent all of her desire, effort and money on physicians, could not fulfill the Law for herself.
Jesus didn't ask, "Who touched My garment?" He asked, "Who touched Me?"
She needed to "touch" His hem. He felt "touched". The word, "touch/touched" here means "to fasten or attach one's self to, adhere to, cling to". The root of the word means "to fasten fire to a thing, to kindle, to set on fire". He's got the dynamite, and she's got the flame to light the fuse! Awesome!
His disciples couldn't discern the difference between the crowd pressing against Jesus, and the "touch" of a woman appealing to the King for mercy in the face of the Law. Jesus could tell the difference. He was stopped in His tracks, and would not proceed further until He found out who had "touched" Him.
He very easily felt the difference, because at her "touch", Jesus felt "virtue" go out of Him.
"Virtue" used here means "power for performing miracles, power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts". The root meaning is "might, to be capable, strong and powerful...to have power by permission of law or custom".
The woman approached Jesus "from behind" Him. Her reticence to make herself known, probably because of the nature of her affliction, seems to be apparent throughout the event. However, "behind" also has the root meaning "to see, to look at, to behold". She had some sort of revelation, or divine understanding, that she was seeing the source of her healing, which none of the others in the surrounding, "pressing" crowd had perceived. It was this revelation, or spiritual sight, that brought her the healing she had desperately wanted (v. 48).
How do we "see" Jesus? How do we "touch" Jesus? How we do so can make all the difference in the world.

Our Father has provided virtue to us in His Son.

"Break Every Chain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2y2OPqJJag

"One Touch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW5PjZzTz-s