Luke 8:53

And they were deriding him, knowing that she died.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

In Context

52And they were all weeping, and beating themselves, for her. And he said—Be not weeping; for she died not, but is sleeping.

54But, he, grasping her hand, called aloud, saying—O girl! arise!

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Cross References

Job 12:4A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!

Psalms 22:7All that see me, laugh at me,—They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:—

Mark 15:44But, Pilate, wondered whether, already, he was dead; and, calling near the centurion, questioned him—whether he had, already, died.

John 11:39Jesus, saith, Take ye away the stone! Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith unto him—Lord! by this time, he stinketh, for it is, 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 →

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