Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Updated King James Version
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, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.
54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
Cross References
Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Mark 15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
John 11:39Jesus said, Take all of you away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, says unto 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 →