Luke 8:53
And they derided him, for they knew that she was dead.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52Now all were weeping and lamenting her: and he said, Weep not, she is not dead, but asleep.
54And he put them all without, and taking her by the hand, cried, saying, Maid, arise!
Cross References
Mark 15:44Then Pilate marvelled that he should be already dead: and calling for the centurion, he asked him, If he had been dead any time.
John 11:39Jesus saith, Remove the stone. The sister of the deceased, Martha, said to him, Lord, he is by this time putrid: 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 →