An only daughter (θυγατηρ μονογενης). The same adjective used of the widow's son (7:12) and the epileptic boy (9:38) and of Jesus …

About twelve years of age.—St. Luke, as with the precision of a practiced writer, names the age at the beginning of the narrative…

And it came to pa , that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. And, behold, there came a…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After relating the miracle of the Gadarenes, Luke continues with the story of the ruler of the synagogue…

The “crowds” , now an integral part of the narrative, cover the woman’s furtive approach to Jesus. Luke does not specify the nature of the “bleedin…

For he had one only daughter And so exceedingly dear to him:

Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise, every wise man …