KJV ORIGINAL
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
A servant girl spotted him sitting by the fire, stared right at him, and said, 'This guy was definitely with Jesus too.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes we get called out when we're trying to blend in.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Luke was written by an author traditionally identified as Luke, a physician, for a primarily Gentile Christian audience, likely in the mid-to-late first century CE. It was written to provide an orderly and reliable account of the life, teachings,
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