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Jesus didn’t know whose touch had accessed His healing power

Lk 8.45-46 is an example of Jesus’ kenosis, His voluntary decision to not employ all of His divine attributes in His role as our savior and redeemer. He could have known everything, but He allowed Himself to not know everything. Here it appears He allowed His knowledge of events to be limited to a human being’s five senses. Not seeing whose faith-based touch moved God the Father and Holy Spirit to heal her through Jesus’ power, He did not know who the beneficiary was.