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

40Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 41Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house, because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him. 43Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone. 44She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• hadεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• one onlyμονογενήςmonogenēs · uniqueG3439
• daughterθυγάτηρthugatēr · daughterG2364
• aboutὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• years of ageἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sheοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• lay a dyingἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• asἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wentὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• the peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• throngedσυμπνίγωsumpnigō · to chokeG4846

Cross-references for Luke 8:42

• Luke 7:12As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
• Genesis 44:20We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. 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 this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
• Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
• Job 4:20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
• Psalms 90:5You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
• Psalms 103:15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – during the few days of his fleeting life – for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
• Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
• Romans 5:12So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned –
• Luke 8:45Then Jesus asked, “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”
• Mark 5:24Jesus 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
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• 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