Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
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Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
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And hyr sprete came agayne and she roose strayght waye. And he commaunded to geve her meate.
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And her spirite came againe, and she rose straightway: and he comanded to giue her meate.
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Passages linked to Luke 8:55 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 11:44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
- 1 Kings 17:21-23 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.” Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”
- Mark 5:43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
- Luke 24:41-43 While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. He took them, and ate in front of them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The corpse was laid out, and the wench received…
The corpse was laid out, and the wench received life, and rose out of the bed, that all the world might see, she was not only restored to life, but also void of all sickness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And her parents were astonished,.... At the miracle that…
And her parents were astonished,.... At the miracle that was wrought, to see their child restored to life; to see her arise, walk, and eat, being in perfect health and strength, and no disorder attending her;
but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. The Ethiopic version reads, "what he had done, nor any thing that was done" not that the thing itself could be concealed, but the way and manner in which, and the means by which it was done, and the circumstances of it; how that by taking her by the hand, and commanding her to arise, she forthwith arose, and walked and ate: Christ's meaning is, that he would not have them take any pains to publish this affair, or to make it more known than was necessary; not to acquaint any person with the particulars of it, but keep them as private as they could: his reasons for this; see Gill on Mar 5:43.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 55. And he commanded to give her meat.]…
Verse 55. 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. Without the food, man cannot be nourished; and unless he eat the food, it can be of no use to him. So, God provides salvation for a lost world, and bestows it on every penitent believing soul; but he neither repents nor believes for any man. A man repents and believes for himself, under the succours of God's grace.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain This returning of the souls again, to reanimate the…
This returning of the souls again, to reanimate the bodies of those whom Christ and his apostles raised from death, (and especially Lazarus, who had been dead four days) doth evidently prove the immortality of the soul. From this place we may also conclusively infer against our adversaries, who say, that every one goeth straight to heaven or hell, that it is not probable that they were called from the one or the other; and therefore from some third place.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain give her meat--(See on Mar 5:43).
give her meat--(See on Mar 5:43).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 55. Commanded to give her meat—From miracle he hands…
55. Commanded to give her meat—From miracle he hands her over to the usual means of life, honouring thereby the laws and course of nature, even after he had performed an act above the level of ordinary nature.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (55) Her spirit came again.—The precise form of expression…
(55) Her spirit came again.—The precise form of expression is peculiar to St. Luke, and is, perhaps, characteristic of the more accurate phraseology that belonged to him as a physician.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He commanded to give her meat. She had been…
He commanded to give her meat. She had been grievously ill, sick, we know, even to death; and now that the old strength and health had come back again, the Master felt she would at once, after her long abstinence, need food. Even the child"s mother was not so motherly as Jesus.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:55 her life returned: Like the raising of the…
8:55 her life returned: Like the raising of the widow’s son (7:15), the girl’s normal mortal life was restored. At the final resurrection, believers will receive immortal, glorified bodies (see study note on 24:39).
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