Luke 8:53

and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

Young's Literal Translation

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, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

54and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, 'Child, arise;'

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Cross References

Job 12:4A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.

Psalms 22:7All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip — shake the head,

Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,

John 11:39Jesus saith, 'Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died — Martha — saith to him, 'Sir, already he stinketh, for he is 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 →

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