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Luke 8:42

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

For he had one only daughter,.... And so exceedingly dear to him:about twelve years of age;See Gill on "Mt 9:18"And she lay a dying, or "was near death", as the Syriac and Persic versions; or "was just ready to die", as the Ethiopic version.

The Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it, "she was dead", or "now dead", and which agrees with Mt 9:18.See Gill on "Mt 9:18".

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