Luke 8:42

Luk 8:42. Μονογενής, one only-begotten) Ch. Luk 7:12.—V. g.]

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 8:42 . μονογενὴς (as in Luk 7:12 ): peculiar to Lk. The name of the father, his rank, and the girl’s age (all lacking in Mt.) Lk. has in common with Mk. This feature he adds after his wont to enhance the benevolence of Jesus. ἀπέθνησκεν , was dying. Mk.’s phrase, ἐσχάτως ἔχει , is avoided as not good Greek. In Mt. she is already dead. συνέπνιγον , were suffocating Him; a very strong expression. Mk.’s word is sufficiently strong ( συνέθλιβον , thronged), and if there was to be exaggeration we should hardly have expected it from Lk. But he uses the word to make Christ’s quick perception of the special touch from behind (Luk 8:45 ) the more marvellous.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Verse 42. The people thronged him.] συνεπνιγον αυτον - almost suffocated him-so great was the throng about him.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(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 (Mar_5:42) at its close.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. one only daughter] St Luke, whose keen sympathies are everywhere observable in his Gospel, mentions the same touching fact in the case of the son of the widow of Nain (Luk_7:12), and the lunatic boy (Luk_9:38).

she lay a dying] St Matthew says “is even now dead” Perhaps we catch in these variations an echo of the father’s despairing uncertainty.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,.... The Persic version reads, "there was a woman in that city", &c. in the city of Capernaum; See Gill on Mat 9:20.

Which had spent all her living upon physicians; she had applied to one physician and another, and had consumed all her substance in this way:

neither could be healed of any; though she had followed the directions and prescriptions of many, who pretended they were able to cure her; See Gill on Mar 5:26.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

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.

Ver. 42. See Mat 9:18; Mar 5:22.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

One only daughter. This is not the only place where the same touching detail is recorded by this evangelist. Compare the story of the widow"s son at Nain, (Luk_7:12) and the healing of the lunatic boy. (Luk_9:38) St. Luke"s Gospel owes these and many similar touches of deep true sympathy to the great loving heart of the real author of the third Gospel, Paul.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. μονογενής. St Luke, whose keen sympathies are everywhere observable in his Gospel, mentions the same touching fact in the case of the son of the widow of Nain (Luk 7:12), and the lunatic boy (Luk 9:38).

ἀπέθνησκεν. St Matthew says “is even now dead.” Perhaps we catch in these variations an echo of the father’s despairing uncertainty.

συνέπνιγον. A strong word, literally ‘were choking’: comp. Luk 8:14. συνέθλιβον is the reading of CL.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42.] μονογ., peculiar to Luke, but perhaps implied in τὸ θυγάτριον of Mark.

ἀπέθν., was dying. In Matt. she is represented as already dead. He is not aware of the subsequent message to Jaeirus, and narrates concisely and generally.

The crowd seems to have followed to see what would happen at Jaeirus’s house: see ver. 54.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. μονογενής. As in the cases of the widow’s son and the lunatic boy (7:12, 9:38), this fact may have influenced Christ. On all three occasions Lk. alone mentions the fact.

ἐτῶν δώδεκα. A critical time in a girl’s life. Not only Lk., who frequently notes such things (2:36, 37, 42, 3:23, 13:11), but Mk. also gives the age. All three mention that the woman with the issue had been suffering for twelve years. For ἀπέθνησκεν Mk. has ἐσχάτως ἔχει and Mt. ἄρτι ἐτελεύτησεν. The reason for the difference between Mt. and the others is plain. Lk. and Mk. give the arrivals, both of the father, who says, “She is dying,” and of the messenger, who says, “She is dead.” Mt. condenses the two into one.

συνέπνιγον. Mk. has συνέθλιβον, which is less strong: see on ver. 14. In both cases the συν· expresses the pressing together all round Him. The crowd which had been waiting for Him (ver. 40) now clings to Him in the hope of witnessing a miracle.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Thronged [συνεπνιγον] . With the idea of pressing together [συν] upon him : stifling. The simple verb is that rendered choke, as in vv. 8, 33.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.