Luke 8:53
And they ridiculed him, knowing that she died.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52And all were weeping and bewailing her. But he said, Weep not. She did not die, but sleeps.
Cross References
Job 12:4I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Psalms 22:7All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, [saying],
Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered if he died already. And having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if he was already dead.
John 11:39Jesus says, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of the man who came to end, says to him, Lord, he smells now, for is the fourth day.
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:41-56
The Issue of Blood Healed; The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve… Read the whole commentary →