Luke 8:55 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 8:55

Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

BSB

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ASV

And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that something be given her to eat.

KJV

And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

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Commentary

1 voice

Bonaventure

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 8 (1257)

Secondly, as regards the subsequent efficacy, it is added: And her spirit returned, through intimate union, according to what is said in Third Kings 17: "The soul of the child returned into him, and he revived"; and she arose immediately, through vital operation. For to …

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The Church Fathers2 voices

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.)

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 Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus the hand of Christ's grace goes along with the calls of his word, to make them effectual. Here that is expressed which was only implied in the other evangelists, that her spirit came again; her soul returned again to animate her body.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And he commanded to give her meat - Though she was raised to life by a miracle, she was not to be preserved by a miracle. Nature is God’s great instrument, and he delights to work by it; nor will he do any thing by his sovereign power, in the way of miracle, that can be effected by his ordinary providence. Again, God will have us be workers together with him: he provides food for us, but he does not eat for us; we eat for ourselves, and are thus nourished on the bounty that God has provided.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐπέστρεψεν	epestrepsen	returned	G1994 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	spirit	G4151 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of her,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνέστη	anestē	she arose	G450 →
παραχρῆμα,	parachrēma	immediately,	G3916 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διέταξεν	dietaxen	He directed	G1299 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
δοθῆναι	dothēnai	to be given	G1325 →
φαγεῖν.	phagein	to eat.	G5315 →

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

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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 11:44
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
leads to
- John 5:25
  Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 20:7
  The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Philippians 3:21
  who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- Luke 7:15
  And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Through
Mark 5:43
Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
leads to
- Matthew 8:4
  Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
- Mark 7:36
  Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
- Matthew 9:30
  And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke