Luke 8 · Verse 55

Luke 8:55

And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
Luke 8:55, King James Version

Luke 8:55 in other translations

BSBHer spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
WEBHer spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
ASVAnd her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that something be given her to eat.
YLTand her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;
DARBYAnd her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded something to eat to be given to her.
BBEAnd her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.
WebsterAnd her spirit came again, and she arose immediately: and he commanded to give her food.

What does Luke 8:55 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
55. give her meat--(See on Mr 5:43).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 55 And he commanded to give her meat - Though she was raised to life by a miracle, she was not to be preserved by a miracle. Nature is God's great instrument, and he delights to work by it; nor will he do any thing by his sovereign power, in the way of miracle, that can be effected by his ordinary providence. Again, God will have us be workers together with him: he provides food for us, but he does not eat for us; we eat for ourselves, and are thus nourished on the bounty that God has provided. Without the food, man cannot be nourished; and unless he eat the food, it can be of no use to him. So, God provides salvation for a lost world, and bestows it on every penitent believing soul; but he neither repents nor believes for any man. A man repents and believes for himself, under the succours of God's grace.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:41-56

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 will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith…

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Luke 8:55 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐπέστρεψενepestrepsenreturnedG1994
τὸtotheG3588
πνεῦμαpneumaspiritG4151
αὐτῆς,autēsof her,G846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀνέστηanestēshe aroseG450
παραχρῆμα,parachrēmaimmediately,G3916
καὶkaiandG2532
διέταξενdietaxenHe directedG1299
αὐτῇautēato herG846
δοθῆναιdothēnaito be givenG1325
φαγεῖν.phageinto eat.G5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 8:55

  • John 11:44

    And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

  • 1 Kings 17:21-23

    And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

  • Luke 24:41-43

    And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.

  • Mark 5:43

    And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
her spirit.This expression, thus used of one who had been dead, strongly implies, that at death the soul not only exists separately, but returns and is re-united to the body, when it is raised from the dead.
1Ki 17:21-23; Joh 11:44
and he.
24:41-43; Mr 5:43; Joh 11:44

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Context

  • Luke 8:54

    And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

  • Luke 8:55

    And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

  • Luke 8:56

    And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

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Luke 8:55 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces su espíritu volvió, y se levantó luego: y él mandó que le diesen de comer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et son esprit retourna en elle, et elle se leva immédiatement; et il commanda qu’on lui donne à manger.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr Geist kehrte zurück, und alsbald stand sie auf; und er befahl, ihr zu essen zu geben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et reversus est spiritus ejus, et surrexit continuo. Et jussit illi dari manducare.