Luke 8:52
And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
In Context
53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Cross References
Genesis 27:34Esau having heard his father's words, roared out with a great cry: and being in a great consternation, said: Bless me also, my father.
2 Samuel 18:33The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.
Mark 5:38And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he seeth a tumult, and people weeping and wailing much.
John 11:4And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
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 →