Luke 8:42
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 8:42 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 8:42 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 8:42 — 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.”
— Luke 8:42 (KJV)
Luke 8:42 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 8:42
“Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.”
Shares key themes with Luke 8:42: daughter, years, age
“And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc the house...: or, Bethel”
Shares key themes with Luke 8:42: one, about, went
“And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. trench: or, midst of his carriages”
Shares key themes with Luke 8:42: about, age, lay
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth”
Shares key themes with Luke 8:42: one, only, about
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. daughter: or, granddaughter”
Shares key themes with Luke 8:42: one, daughter, years
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