Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.
54But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise.
Cross References
Job 12:4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
Mark 15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
John 11:39Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath 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 →