Luke 8:52

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And all the people [in the house] were crying and beating their chests in mourning, so Jesus said [to them], “Do not cry, for the girl is not [really] dead but [only] sleeping.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

‘We [pretended like we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended like we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not beat your chest [in mourning].’

Luke 23:27

A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including some women who wailed [in grief] and mourned over His plight.

Luke 23:48

And after the crowds that had gathered to witness this sight saw what had happened they left, beating their chests [i.e., as an expression of anguish over witnessing Jesus’ death].

Luke 8:51

And when Jesus came to the [synagogue official’s] house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him except Peter, James, John and the girl’s father and mother.

Luke 8:53

And they laughed at Him scornfully, knowing that she was [already] dead.

John 11:4

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This illness will not result in [his] death, but was intended to bring honor to God, so that the Son of God would be honored by it.”