Verse 42

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 7:12 : 12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
  • Luke 8:45 : 45 Then Jesus asked,“Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said,“Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”
  • Rom 5:12 : 12 The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–
  • Gen 44:20-22 : 20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ 21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’ 22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
  • Job 1:18-19 : 18 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • Job 4:20 : 20 They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
  • Ps 90:5-8 : 5 You bring their lives to an end and they“fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; 6 in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
  • Ezek 24:16 : 16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
  • Ezek 24:25 : 25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold– their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
  • Mark 5:24 : 24 Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.