Luke 8:53
And they laughed at him, for they knew that she was dead.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
54But he put every man forth without. And he took her by the hand, and called and said, Damsel, arise.
Cross References
Mark 15:44But Pilatos wondered if he were now dead; and he called the centurion and asked him whether before the time he was dead:
John 11:39And Jeshu said, Take up this stone. Martha, the sister of him (who was) dead, saith to him, My Lord, he now stinketh; for four days are to him.
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 →