Luke 8:51
And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to go in but Peter and James and John, and the father and the mother of the child.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying: Fear not, only believe, and she shall be saved.
52And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.
Cross References
Mark 5:37And he suffered no one to follow him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
Luke 6:14Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Acts 9:40But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
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 →