Luke 8:52

And all were weeping and bewailing her. And he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but is sleeping.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 entering into the house, he suffered no one to go in with him, save Peter and James and John, and the father of the maiden, and the mother.

53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

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Cross References

Mark 5:38And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly.

John 11:4And Jesus hearing it, said: This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

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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