Luke 8:42

Luke 8:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
• New International Version (NIV)because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him.

Context of Luke 8:42

40When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. 41Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house, because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him, 43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. 44She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Luke 8:42 word by word

ὅτι θυγάτηρ μονογενὴς ἦν αὐτῷ ὡς ἐτῶν δώδεκα καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέθνῃσκεν. ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτὸν οἱ ὄχλοι συνέπνιγον αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear

• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• hisεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• onlyμονογενήςmonogenēs · uniqueG3439
• daughterθυγάτηρthugatēr · daughterG2364
• aboutὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• twelveἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• was dyingἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Asἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wentὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• crowdsὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• pressed aroundσυμπνίγωsumpnigō · to chokeG4846

Cross-references for Luke 8:42

• Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
• Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
• Job 1:18While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
• Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Job 4:20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
• Psalms 90:5You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
• Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
• Luke 8:45“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
• Mark 5:24So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.

Commentaries on Luke 8:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42The people thronged him - - almost suffocated him - so great was the throng about him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-56Verses 40-56 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26, and Mark 5:21-43.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-56Verses 41-56 Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-56These two accounts of healing show that Jesus has authority over disease and death. They also show the power of faith.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:42

• Children
• Jairus
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jairus (2)
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Only Begotten

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings