Luke 8:53

Luke 8:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
• New International Version (NIV)They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead.

Context of Luke 8:53

51When they arrived at the house, Jesus would not let everyone go in with him. He took only Peter, John and James. He also let the mother and father of the girl go into the house. 52All the people there were crying loudly because they were very sad. ‘Do not weep,’ Jesus told them. ‘The child is not dead. She is only asleep.’ But the people knew that she had died. So they laughed at him. 54But Jesus went and held the child's hand. He said to her, ‘My child, get up.’ 55Then she became alive again. Immediately she stood up. Jesus said to her parents, ‘Give her something to eat.’

Luke 8:53 word by word

καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ, εἰδότες ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they laughedκαταγελάωkatagelaō · to mockG2606
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• she was deadἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599

Cross-references for Luke 8:53

• Luke 16:14The Pharisees heard all this. They loved money very much, so they laughed at Jesus. They said to him, ‘You are wrong.’
• Job 12:4I am a person who prayed to God and he answered me. But my friends now laugh at me. I have always lived completely in the right way. But still my friends laugh at me.
• Job 17:2All around me, people are laughing at me. I have to watch them as they insult me.
• Psalms 22:7Everyone that sees me laughs at me. They laugh and they shake their heads.
• Isaiah 53:3People did not respect him. They refused to accept him. He was a man who received much pain. He knew what it felt like to be weak and ill. People did not even want to look at him. They did not respect him. We decided that he was worth nothing.
• Mark 15:44Pilate was surprised that Jesus had already died. He asked the captain of the soldiers to come to him. He asked him if Jesus had already died.
• John 11:39He said, ‘Take the stone away.’ Martha, the dead man's sister, said to Jesus, ‘But Lord, by now his dead body will have a bad smell. He has been dead for four days!’
• John 19:33Then they went to Jesus. They saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.

Commentaries on Luke 8:53

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-56Verses 40-56 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18-26, and Mark 5:21-43.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-56Verses 41-56 Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-56These two accounts of healing show that Jesus has authority over disease and death. They also show the power of faith.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:53

• Children
• Dead (People)
• Jairus
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jairus (2)
• Jesus Christ
• Laughter
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings