Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeps.
54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Child, arise.
Cross References
Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered if he was dead so soon: and calling the centurion, he asked him if he was already dead.
John 11:39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has 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 →