Luke - 8:51



51 When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 8:51.

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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 when he came to the house, he suffered not any man to enter in with him, save Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the maiden and her mother.
And when he was come to the house, he suffered not any man to go in with him, but Peter and James and John, and the father and mother of the maiden.
And when he came to the house he suffered no one to go in but Peter and John and James and the father of the child and the mother.
And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;
So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.
And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.
And when he had arrived at the house, he would not permit anyone to enter with him, except Peter and James and John, and the father and mother of the girl.
When he reached the house, he did not allow anyone to go in with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And when he came into the house,.... Of the ruler of the synagogue;
he suffered no man to go in: to the room, where the dead body lay:
save Peter, James and John; not one of the multitude that followed him, nor any of the disciples, but these three; who were his favourite ones, and were a sufficient number to be witnesses of the miracle:
and the father and mother of the maiden; these also were admitted. The Persic version very wrongly joins these last words with the beginning of the next verse, reading them thus, "the father and mother of the maiden, with the domestics, wept and bewailed her".

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