Luke 8:53
And they scorned him, and knew that she was dead.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
In Context
54But he held her hand, and cried, and said, Damsel, rise up.
Cross References
Job 12:4He that is scorned of his friend, as I am, shall inwardly call (upon) God, and God shall hear him; for the simpleness of a just man is scorned (or for the innocence, or the integrity, of the righteous is scorned).
Psalms 22:7All men seeing me scorned me; they spake with lips, and wagged the head, and said,
Mark 15:44But Pilate wondered, if he were now dead. And when the centurion was called, he asked him, if he were [now] dead; (But Pilate wondered, if he was already dead. And when the centurion was called, he asked him, if he was already dead;)
John 11:39And Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him, Lord, he stinketh now, for he hath lain (there) four days [or soothly he is of four days dead].
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 →