Luke 8:52

And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

In Context

51And 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.

53And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.

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Cross References

Mark 5:38And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who were weeping and wailing greatly.

John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said: This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that by it the Son of God may be glorified.

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 →

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