Luke 8:52

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Modern

Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

Traditional

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

Literal

And all were weeping and mourning for her. But He said, “Do not weep; for she did not die, but sleeps.”

Latin

Flebant autem omnes, et plangebant illam. At ille dixit: Nolite flere: non est mortua puella, sed dormit.

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English

Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

Notes

Luke 8:52

everyone was weeping and mourning: See study note on 7:12.
she is not dead but asleep: Jesus emphasized that the girl's condition was temporary. For Christians, death is like being asleep for a temporary period (compare John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 15:6, 18, 20, 51; 1 Thessalonians 4:14–15; 5:10).

Luke 8:40–56

These two accounts of healing show that Jesus has authority over disease and death. They also show the power of faith.

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