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55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

Luke 8:55

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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.

  • 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 while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? …

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

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 40-56)

Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes ; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans , they gladly received him, wished and waited for his return, and welcomed him with all their hearts when he did return, Luke 8:40. If some will not accept the favours Christ offers them, others will . If the Gadarenes be not gathered, yet…

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