Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
An only daughter (qugathr monogenhv). The same adjective used of the widow's son (Luke 7:12) and the epileptic boy (Luke 9:38) and of Jesus (John 1:18; John 3:16).
She lay a dying (apeqnhsken). Imperfect active, she was dying. Matthew 9:18 has it that she has just died.
Thronged (sunepnigon). Imperfect active of sumpnigw, to press together, the verb used of the thorns choking the growing grain (Luke 8:14). It was a jam.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 8:42:
Matthew 9:18
Mark 5:24
Luke 9:38
John 1:14
1 John 4:9
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