King James Version
What Does Luke 8:42 Mean?
“For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.”
Context
40
And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41
And, 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:
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.
43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years , which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(42) **About twelve years of age.**—St. Luke, as with the precision of a practised writer, names the age at the beginning of the narrative, St. Mark incidentally (Mark 5:42) at its close.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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