"Then he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.' " - Luke 8:48 (NIV)
So, did Jesus have a daughter? Of course not! Was she a little girl and he was affectionately calling her daughter? Of course not! This woman had had a problem of bleeding for 18 years; she was at least Jesus' age, and most likely older than he was.
The Jita translators took one look at 'daughter' and got really confused. They KNEW she wasn't a little girl, but just couldn't understand why he called her that. It's totally fine in their culture to call women who aren't your mother "mama", but you'd never call a woman your own age "daughter"! But, apparently in Jesus' culture, it was okay.
So, Luke 8:48 in Jita now has Jesus calling her "mother", a respectful and kind way to talk to her that makes a lot more sense to them.
Jesus is the Son of God and he is also part of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. From that perspective isn't Jesus her father?
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