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

40On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. 41Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds. 43A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. 44Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, 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 7:12A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her.
• Genesis 44:20And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
• Job 1:18While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home.
• Zechariah 12:10“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
• Job 4:20They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace.
• Psalms 90:5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
• Psalms 103:15Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?
• Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears.
• Romans 5:12When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
• Luke 8:45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”
• Mark 5:24Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding 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