Luke 8:52

⁵⁰ But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

⁵¹ And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

⁵³ And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

⁵⁴ And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
KJV: And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
WEB: All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
ASV: And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.
DARBY: And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.
BLB: And all were weeping and mourning for her. But He said, “Do not weep; for she did not die, but sleeps.”

ÅB: Og alle gråt og jamret seg over henne; men han sa: Gråt ikke! hun er ikke død, hun sover.
OTB: I mellomtiden gråt og klaget alle over henne. "Slutt å gråte," sa Jesus. "Hun er ikke død, men sover."
B1930: Og alle gråt og jamret sig over henne; men han sa: Gråt ikke! hun er ikke død, hun sover.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
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John 11:4
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
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2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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John 11:11–13
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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Matthew 11:17
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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Mark 5:38–39
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
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Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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Jeremiah 9:17–21
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
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