"With a grateful heart she then tried to withdraw from the crowd; but suddenly Jesus stopped, and the people halted with Him. He turned, and looking about asked in a voice distinctly heard above the confusion of the multitude, “Who touched Me?” The people answered this query with a look of amazement. Jostled upon all sides, and rudely pressed hither and thither, as He was, it seemed a strange inquiry. DA 344.1"
"And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?"
Both passages describe the event where Jesus asks who touched him in a crowd, highlighting the distinction between casual contact and a touch of faith. The details are very similar.
"Saviour could distinguish the touch of faith from the casual contact of the careless throng. Such trust should not be passed without comment. He would speak to the humble woman words of comfort that would be to her a wellspring of joy,—words that would be a blessing to His followers to the close of time. DA 344.2"
"And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the event described in Luke 8:46, highlighting the distinction between casual contact and the touch of faith. The phrase 'virtue is gone out of me' is directly alluded to.
"But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour."
Both passages describe Jesus acknowledging and comforting a woman whose faith healed her. The EGW passage elaborates on the significance of this interaction.
"Looking toward the woman, Jesus insisted on knowing who had touched Him. Finding concealment vain, she came forward tremblingly, and cast herself at His feet. With grateful tears she told the story of her suffering, and how she had found relief. Jesus gently said, “Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.” He gave no opportunity for superstition to claim healing virtue for the mere act of touching His garments. It was not through the outward contact with Him, but through the faith which took hold on His divine power, that the cure was wrought. DA 344.3"
"But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour."
The EGW passage is a clear retelling and interpretation of the event described in Matthew 9:22, including the direct quote 'Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.'
"And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."
The EGW passage is a clear retelling and interpretation of the event described in Mark 5:34, including the direct quote 'Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.'