Luke 8:53
And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
54And he put every one out, and took her by the hand, and called, and said: Maid, arise.
Cross References
Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead.
John 11:39And Jesus said: Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed.
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 →