Luke 8:52
And every one was weeping and mourning for her. “Do not weep,” Jesus said, “she is not dead; she is asleep.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
In Context
53They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.
Cross References
Mark 5:38Presently they reached the President’s house, where Jesus saw a scene of confusion — people weeping and wailing incessantly.
John 11:4and, when Jesus heard it, he said: “This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honour of God, in order that the Son of God may be honoured through 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 →