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Luke 8:42

because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,

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ASV

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him.

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754 →
θυγάτηρthugatērdaughterG2364 →
μονογενὴςmonogenēsan onlyG3439 →
ἦνēnwasG1510 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
ὡςhōsaboutG5613 →
ἐτῶνetōnyears [old]G2094 →
δώδεκαdōdekatwelveG1427 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αὐτὴautēsheG846 →
ἀπέθνῃσκεν.apethnēskenwas dying.G599 →
ἐνenAsG1722 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
ὑπάγεινhupagein[is] to goG5217 →
αὐτὸνautonHeG846 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ὄχλοιochloicrowdsG3793 →
συνέπνιγονsunepnigonwere pressing aroundG4846 →
αὐτόν.¶autonHim.G846 →

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Luke 7:50And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”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.Luke 8:45“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”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?Job 1:18–19While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,Mark 5:24So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.Job 4:20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.Genesis 44:20–22And 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.’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.Ezekiel 24:25And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,Psalms 90:5–8You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—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.Psalms 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.John 4:46So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.Luke 7:2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.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.

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About Luke

The Return of the Prodigal Son — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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