Luc 8:49

49 Comme il parlait encore, quelqu'un vint de chez le chef de la synagogue, qui lui dit: Ta fille est morte; ne fatigue pas le Maître.

Luc 8:49 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:49

While he yet spake
The above words to the woman;

there cometh one:
Mark suggests there were more than one, ( Mark 5:35 ) , (See Gill on Mark 5:35) and the Persic version here reads, "some of the ruler's family came"; that is, to him, who was now with Jesus: from the ruler of the synagogue's house; so the word "house" is supplied by the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; otherwise the words would be,

from the ruler of the synagogue;
which could not be, since he was still with Christ: hence some versions, as the Vulgate and Arabic, render them, "to the ruler of the synagogue"; and which give a true sense, and a right view of the case; for this messenger both came from his house, and to him:

saying to him, thy daughter is dead, trouble not the master;
to bring him any further, since all hope of help was now gone. The Vulgate Latin version, instead of "master", reads "him"; and the Ethiopic version, "Jesus".

Luc 8:49 In-Context

47 Cette femme voyant que cela ne lui avait point été caché, vint toute tremblante, et se jetant à ses pieds, elle déclara, devant tout le peuple, pour quel sujet elle l'avait touché, et comment elle avait été guérie à l'instant.
48 Et Jésus lui dit: Ma fille, rassure-toi, ta foi t'a guérie; va-t'en en paix.
49 Comme il parlait encore, quelqu'un vint de chez le chef de la synagogue, qui lui dit: Ta fille est morte; ne fatigue pas le Maître.
50 Mais Jésus, l'ayant entendu, dit à Jaïrus: Ne crains point; crois seulement, et elle sera guérie.
51 Et quand il fut arrivé dans la maison, il ne laissa entrer personne que Pierre, Jacques et Jean, et le père et la mère de la fille.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.