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Luke 8:42 Cross-References

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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 (KJV)

Commentary on Luke 8:42

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. The phrase "one only daughter" (thygatēr monogenēs, θυγάτηρ μονογενής) uses the same term monogenēs applied to Jesus as God's "only begotten" Son (John 3:16). This beloved, precious, irreplaceable child—approximately twelve years old (hōs etōn dōdeka, ὡς ἐτῶν δώδεκα)—was dying. The imperfect verb apethnēsken (ἀπέθνῃσκεν, "was dying") indicates she was in the process of death, at death's threshold, moments from final breath.The detail "twelve years" creates a deliberate parallel...

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