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King James VersionLuke 8:40–8:56

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:

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

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.

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

Italic words were supplied in the English translation for clarity.

Scripture text: King James Version, Standardized 1769 text. Public domain in the United States.About this Bible text

Luke 8:40–8:56

Two Daughters Receive Restoration

A bleeding woman is named daughter while a girl is given back

Crowds welcome Jesus, and Jairus, a synagogue ruler, falls at his feet for his only daughter, about twelve, who is dying. On the way a woman who has had a flow of blood for twelve years, spent all on physicians, and could not be healed, touches the fringe of his garment. Power goes out; she is immediately healed. Jesus asks who touched him, and she comes trembling and declares it before all. He calls her daughter, names her faith, and sends her in peace.

While he is still speaking, word comes that the girl is dead. Jesus tells Jairus not to fear, only believe, takes Peter, John, James, and the parents inside, and takes her by the hand: Child, arise. Her spirit returns, she rises, and he tells them to give her something to eat. Twelve years of exclusion and a twelve-year-old life are interwoven. The bleeding has ritual and social weight; it should not be embellished into a lurid private history. The raising is a narrated miracle, not a promise that every dying child will wake, and delay on the road is not cruelty to Jairus.

How this should shape us

Make room for the person who reaches for help on the way to the emergency you already planned. Seek medical care without treating this woman as a warning about doctors. Do not shame bodies that bleed, and do not tell grieving parents that if they had believed harder their child would have sat up and eaten.

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Where careful interpreters disagreeThe strongest options and their difficulties

Which judgment needs visible uncertainty?

Best judgment: Luke interweaves twelve years of illness with a twelve-year-old child. The woman's bleeding has ritual and social implications but should not be embellished; the girl's death and restoration remain narrated miracle claims.

How certain? probable

Research trail and exact locationsThe source record behind this section

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Luke 8:40–8:56, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 8:40–8:56

STEP Bible Data

Supports: Greek forms, morphology, and lexical ranges only where the unit discusses them; local syntax controls sense.

STEP Bible Data official repository, TAGNT Matthew-Acts rows for Luke 8:40–8:56

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 8:40–8:56

The Gospel of Luke Course and Study Guides

Supports: Critical orientation to the unit's place in Luke-Acts, narrative structure, sources, social questions, Passion, or resurrection.

Yale Bible Study Gospel of Luke course, Jesus Begins to Teach study guide, Luke 6:12-8:55; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

Luke: Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Theological Themes, and Bible in the World

Supports: Current reader-oriented synthesis of anonymity, date, Jewish setting, salvation, marginalized people, parables, wealth, and whole-book movement.

Enter the Bible Luke course, Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Theological Themes, Bible in the World, and linked passage index; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

Luke

Supports: One complete confessional reading of the unit, independently checked against critical, textual, and ethical controls.

Bolt, “Luke,” commentary heading and paragraphs explicitly covering Luke 8:40–8:56

The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze

Supports: Literary relationship evidence and material alternatives among Luke, Mark, and Matthew without treating dependence as a historicity verdict.

Goodacre, The Synoptic Problem, chapters 1-5 on Synoptic data and Markan priority and chapters 6-10 on Q and Farrer alternatives; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

The Jewishness of Luke-Acts: How Recent Scholarship Has Challenged the View that Luke-Acts Is Pro-Gentile and Anti-Jewish

Supports: Abstract-supported control against simple anti-Jewish or replacement summaries; not a settlement of every scene.

Smith, JTS 72.2 (2021), official abstract and bibliographic range pp. 738-765; applied only to Jewish continuity and Gentile-inclusion framing in Luke 8:40–8:56

The Work of Wealthy Women: Female Discipleship in Luke 8:1-3

Supports: Women's narrative, material, and discipleship agency, with social reconstructions kept provisional.

Penner, The Work of Wealthy Women, PDF pp. 15-18, 30-61, and 76-100; applied to the named women, households, bodies, work, resources, or witness in Luke 8:40–8:56

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: Luke 8:40–8:56, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 8:40–8:56

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Lexical and grammatical evidence

STEP Bible Data

Tyndale House Cambridge

Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026

Supports: Greek forms, morphology, and lexical ranges only where the unit discusses them; local syntax controls sense.

Exact location: STEP Bible Data official repository, TAGNT Matthew-Acts rows for Luke 8:40–8:56

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 8:40–8:56

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open university bible study course

The Gospel of Luke Course and Study Guides

Yale Divinity School faculty

Yale Bible Study, 2020; current online edition

Supports: Critical orientation to the unit's place in Luke-Acts, narrative structure, sources, social questions, Passion, or resurrection.

Exact location: Yale Bible Study Gospel of Luke course, Jesus Begins to Teach study guide, Luke 6:12-8:55; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

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modern scholarly book introduction

Luke: Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Theological Themes, and Bible in the World

Matthew L. Skinner

Enter the Bible, Luther Seminary, 2024 revision; current course inspected 2026

Supports: Current reader-oriented synthesis of anonymity, date, Jewish setting, salvation, marginalized people, parables, wealth, and whole-book movement.

Exact location: Enter the Bible Luke course, Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Theological Themes, Bible in the World, and linked passage index; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

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open confessional commentary

Luke

Peter G. Bolt

The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, 2023

Supports: One complete confessional reading of the unit, independently checked against critical, textual, and ethical controls.

Exact location: Bolt, “Luke,” commentary heading and paragraphs explicitly covering Luke 8:40–8:56

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modern scholarly open monograph

The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze

Mark Goodacre

T&T Clark; open access supplied by the author and Duke University, 2001; open release 2011

Supports: Literary relationship evidence and material alternatives among Luke, Mark, and Matthew without treating dependence as a historicity verdict.

Exact location: Goodacre, The Synoptic Problem, chapters 1-5 on Synoptic data and Markan priority and chapters 6-10 on Q and Farrer alternatives; applied to Luke 8:40–8:56

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peer reviewed article abstract and metadata

The Jewishness of Luke-Acts: How Recent Scholarship Has Challenged the View that Luke-Acts Is Pro-Gentile and Anti-Jewish

Joshua Paul Smith

The Journal of Theological Studies 72.2, 2021

Supports: Abstract-supported control against simple anti-Jewish or replacement summaries; not a settlement of every scene.

Exact location: Smith, JTS 72.2 (2021), official abstract and bibliographic range pp. 738-765; applied only to Jewish continuity and Gentile-inclusion framing in Luke 8:40–8:56

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open access masters thesis

The Work of Wealthy Women: Female Discipleship in Luke 8:1-3

Kimberly Penner

University of Waterloo, 2011

Supports: Women's narrative, material, and discipleship agency, with social reconstructions kept provisional.

Exact location: Penner, The Work of Wealthy Women, PDF pp. 15-18, 30-61, and 76-100; applied to the named women, households, bodies, work, resources, or witness in Luke 8:40–8:56

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Luke 8:40–8:56, King James Version

A bleeding woman is named daughter while a girl is given back

How this should shape us

Go deeper

Which judgment needs visible uncertainty?

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

STEP Bible Data

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

The Gospel of Luke Course and Study Guides

Luke: Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Theological Themes, and Bible in the World

Luke

The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze

The Jewishness of Luke-Acts: How Recent Scholarship Has Challenged the View that Luke-Acts Is Pro-Gentile and Anti-Jewish

The Work of Wealthy Women: Female Discipleship in Luke 8:1-3