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Luke 8:42 KJV
Luke · chapter 8 · verse 42
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.Luke 8:42 · King James Version
Luke 8:42 in context
40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughterthygatēra daughter, a daughter of God, acceptable to God, rejoicing in God s peculiar care and…G2364 →
- throngedsympnigōto choke utterly, metaph. the seed of the divine word sown in the mind, to press round or…G4846 →
- twelvedōdekatwelve, the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminenceG1427 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- abouthōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
- dyingapothnēskōto die, of the natural death of man, of the violent death of man or animals, to perish by…G599 →
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Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans, they gladly received him, wished and waited for his return, and welcomed him with all their hearts when he did return, Luk 8:40.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-56