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Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
Luke 8:55 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
  • BSB Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
  • ESV And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.
  • NKJV Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat.
  • NASB And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately; and He ordered that something be given her to eat.
  • NLT And at that moment her life returned, and she immediately stood up! Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • John 11:44He 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 Kgs 17:21–23He 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.”
  • Mark 5:43He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
  • Luke 24:41–43While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

How Luke 8:55 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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