Luke 8:41
39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
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.
43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
- KJV
- And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
- WEB
- Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come into his house,
- ASV
- And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus` feet, and besought him to come into his house;
- DARBY
- And behold, a man came, whose name was Jairus, and he was [a] ruler of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus besought him to come to his house,
- BLB
- And behold, there was a man whose name [was] Jairus, and this [man] was a ruler of the synagogue. And having fallen at the feet of Jesus, he was imploring Him to enter into his house
- ÅB
- Og se, det kom en mann ved navn Jairus, som var forstander for synagogen, og han falt ned for Jesu føtter og ba ham komme inn i hans hus;
- OTB
- Da kom en mann ved navn Jairus, en synagogeforstander, og falt ned for Jesu føtter og ba ham inntrengende om å komme til hans hus
- B1930
- Og se, det kom en mann ved navn Jairus, som var forstander for synagogen, og han falt ned for Jesu føtter og bad ham komme inn i hans hus;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 5:22–43
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
Read in contextLuke 13:14
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Read in contextLuke 8:49
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
Read in contextActs 18:8
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Read in contextActs 13:15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Read in contextActs 18:17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Read in contextMatthew 9:18–26
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Read in contextLuke 17:16
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
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