They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish for ever while no one notices.
Luke 8:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As [Jesus] went, the people pressed together around Him [almost suffocating Him]. American Standard Version (1901) for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him. Common English Bible because his only daughter, a twelve-year-old, was dying. As Jesus moved forward, he faced smothering crowds. Catholic Public Domain Version For he had an only daughter, nearly twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened that, as he was going there, he was hemmed in by the crowd. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went, that he was thronged by the multitudes. |
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish for ever while no one notices.
For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
‘Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
‘As for you, son of man, know that on that day I will take from them their stronghold #– #their pride and joy, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their hearts #– #as well as their sons and daughters.
‘Then I will pour out a spirit , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.
Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was also with her.
Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,
A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any,
‘Who touched me? ’ Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, ‘Master, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing against you.’
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.