Luke 8:49
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
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Gill's Exposition
But when Jesus heard it,.... The message that was brought to the ruler, and the hint that was given, that it was needless to give him any further trouble:
he answered him; not the messenger, but the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
trouble not the Master Literally, "worry not the Rabbi." For the colloquial verb preserved also in St Mark see Luk 7:6.
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