Luke 8:52
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Luke 8:52 in other translations
| BSB | Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, ‘Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep; |
| DARBY | And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps. |
| BBE | And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping. |
| Webster | And all wept and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not: she is not dead, but sleepeth. |
What does Luke 8:52 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:41-56
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…
Luke 8:52 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:52
- Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
- 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.
- 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. And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- 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.
- 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: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. …
- Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
- Exodus 24:17
And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Genesis 27:34-35
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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- Luke 8:51
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.
- Luke 8:52
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Luke 8:52 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y lloraban todos, y la plañían. Y él dijo: No lloréis; no es muerta, sino que duerme. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous pleuraient et se lamentaient sur elle; et il leur dit: Ne pleurez pas, car elle n’est pas morte, mais elle dort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle aber weinten und beklagten sie. Er aber sprach: Weinet nicht; denn sie ist nicht gestorben, sondern sie schläft. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Flebant autem omnes, et plangebant illam. At ille dixit: Nolite flere: non est mortua puella, sed dormit. |