Mark 6:56 shows this as a widespread pattern: crowds sought to touch even the edge of his cloak for healing.

Mark 3:10 explains the background: multitudes pressed to touch him because power went out and healed all.

Matthew 14:36 recounts the same practice — people begging to touch the fringe of his garment and being healed.

Luke 8:44 provides the parallel account — she touched the fringe and was immediately healed.

In 2 Kings 13:21, touching Elisha's bones raises a dead man — an OT type of healing power transferred through contact with God's servant.

In Acts 5:15, the sick are placed so Peter's shadow may fall on them — an analogous belief in indirect contact with an apostle for healing.

Acts 19:12 shows handkerchiefs that touched Paul healing the sick — same principle of secondary contact with a Spirit-filled person.