Luke 8:53
And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
54But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.
Cross References
Job 12:4It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
Psalms 22:7\22:6\But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
Mark 15:44And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.
John 11:39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, 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 →