Luke 8:52
And all were weeping and wailing over her. And Jesus said: Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
In Context
53And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.
Cross References
Mark 5:38And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he saw, that they were in a tumult, and weeping, and howling.
John 11:4And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.
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 →