Luke 8:54 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 8:54

But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

BSB

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ASV

But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise.

KJV

And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Now the Lord taking hold of the hand of the maid, cured her. Blessed is he whom wisdom takes by the hand, that she may bring him into her secret places, and command to be given him to eat. For the bread of heaven is the word of God. Hence comes also that wisdom which has filled its altars with the food of the body and blood of God. Come, she says, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mixed for you. (Prov. 9:5.)

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On the Death of Satyrus 2.82 (397)

What shall I say about the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, at whose death the people were mourning and the flute players were playing their music? In the belief that she was indeed dead, solemn funeral services were being performed. The spirit returned immediately at the voice of the Lord, she arose with revived body, and she partook of food to furnish proof that she was alive.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he put them all out,.... Of the room, where the maiden lay, all the mourners and pipers; all excepting the parents of the child, and his three disciples, This clause is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions; nor was it in two of Beza's ancient copies, and in two of Stephens's; but in the rest, and in the other versions: and took hereby the hand, and called, saying; in the Syriac language, "Talitha cumi", as in Mar 5:41 Maid, arise; See Gill on Mar 5:41.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were unworthy to be the witnesses of this work of wonder; they who in the midst of their mourning were so merrily disposed as to laugh at him for what he said would, it may be, have found something to laugh at in what he did, and therefore are justly shut out.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The verses we have now read, contain one of the three great instances which the Holy Spirit has thought fit to record of our Lord restoring a dead person to life. The other two instances are those of Lazarus and the widow's son at Nain. There seems no reason to doubt that our Lord raised others beside these three. But these three cases are especially described as patterns of His almighty power. One was a young girl — who had just breathed her last. One was a young man — who was being carried to his burial.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
κρατήσας	kratēsas	having taken hold	G2902 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
χειρὸς	cheiros	hand	G5495 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
ἐφώνησεν	ephōnēsen	called out	G5455 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying:	G3004 →
ἡ	hē	O	G3588 →
παῖς,	pais	Child,	G3816 →
ἔγειρε.	egeire	do arise.	G1453 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
leads to
- Romans 8:11
  And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His…
- Deuteronomy 32:39
  See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- John 11:25
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Luke 7:14–15
  Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
- Acts 26:8
  Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Through
Mark 8:23
So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He…
leads to
- Mark 7:33
  So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
- John 9:6–7
  When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
Through
Jeremiah 31:32
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was…
leads to
- Exodus 24:6–8
  Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke