Luke 8:53
And they were ridiculing Him, knowing that she had died.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but asleep.”
54But He sent them all outside, and having grasped her hand, He called, saying, “Child, arise.”
Cross References
Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered if He was already dead; and having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if He had been dead long.
John 11:39Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the one having died, said to Him, “Lord, already there is a stench, 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 →