Luke 8:53

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
laughed	κατεγέλων kategelōn	G2606	to laugh down · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
him	αὐτοῦ, autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
scorn	καταγελάω katageláō	G2606	to laugh down
knowing	εἴδω eídō	G1492	used only in certain past tenses
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
dead	ἀπέθανεν. apethanen	G599	to die off (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,…
Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Job 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Job 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Psalms 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Mark 15:44-45 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
John 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath bee…
John 19:33-35 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:40–end

Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans, they gladly received him, wished and waited for his return, and welcomed him with all their hearts when he did return, Luk 8:40. If some will not accept the favours Christ offers them, others will. If the Gadarenes be not gathered, yet there are many among whom Christ shall be glorious. When Christ had done his work on the other side of the water he returned, and found work to do in the place whence he came, fresh work. They that will lay out themselves to do good shall never want occasion for it. The needy you have always with you.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:47

declared . . . before all--This, though a great trial to the shrinking modesty of the believing woman, was just what Christ wanted in dragging her forth, her public testimony to the facts of her case--both her disease, with her abortive efforts at a cure, and the instantaneous and perfect relief which her touch of the Great Healer had brought her.

Adam Clarke on Luke 8:46

I perceive that virtue - Δυναμιν, Divine or miraculous power. This Divine emanation did not proceed always from Christ, as necessarily as odours do from plants, for then all who touched him must have been equally partakers of it. Of the many that touched him, this woman and none else received this Divine virtue; and why? Because she came in faith. Faith alone attracts and receives the energetic influence of God at all times. There would be more miracles, at least of spiritual healing, were there more faith among those who are called believers.

John Gill on Luke 8:53

And they laughed him to scorn,.... The servants, neighbours, and relations, the pipers, and mourning women: these, from weeping for the dead, fell to laughing at Christ, having him and his words in the utmost derision: knowing that she was dead: some of them having been employed in laying her out, and all of them having seen her, and were satisfied, and thoroughly assured, that she was actually dead, as ever any person was, as she doubtless was; but they were ignorant in what sense Christ meant she was not dead, but asleep; See Gill on Matthew 9:24. See Gill on Mark 5:39.

The Church Fathers

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. Because they preferred to mock the word of the one raising than to believe, they were deservedly excluded outside, unworthy to see the miracle of the resurrection.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

(ubi sup.) They yet nevertheless laughed Him to scorn. For it follows, And they laughed him to scorn. He did not reprove them nor put an end to their laughter, that laughter also might be a sign of death. For since generally, after a miracle has been performed men continue unfaithful, He takes them by their own words.
— John Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Dead (People) · .Jairus’ daughter — .Jairus’ daughter
Jairus · Daughter of, restored to life — Daughter of, restored to life

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Luke 8:53

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:40–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:47

Adam Clarke on Luke 8:46

John Gill on Luke 8:53

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 8:53

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:40–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:47

Adam Clarke on Luke 8:46

John Gill on Luke 8:53

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 8:49–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 8:52