Luke 8:53
They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
54But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”
Cross References
Job 12:4But my friends laugh at me because I called on God and he answered me: the innocent man who does right has become an object of derision.
Psalms 22:7People who see me mock me. They laugh at me and shake their heads, saying,
Mark 15:44Pilate was surprised that Jesus had died so soon, so he summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died.
John 11:39“Remove the stone,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now there will be a terrible smell, for he's been dead for 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 →