Luke 8:53
And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.
54But he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, and said: Child, arise.
Cross References
Mark 15:44But Pilate was astonished that he was already dead; and having called the centurion to him, he inquired of him whether he had been any while dead.
John 11:39Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days.
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 →