Luke 8:52
Euery body wept, & sorowed for her. And he sayde: Weepe not, the damsell is not dead, but slepeth.
Bible (Bishops')
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 hym to scorne, knowyng that she was dead.
Cross References
Genesis 27:34When Esau hearde the wordes of his father, he cryed aloude & bitterly, aboue measure, and sayde vnto his father: blesse me, I also am [thy sonne] O my father.<
Mark 5:38And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sawe the tumult, and them that wept & wayled greatly.
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 →