Luke 8:52

New American Bible - revised edition

All were weeping and mourning for her, when he said, “Do not weep any longer, for she is not dead, but sleeping.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:2

She died in Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan, and Abraham proceeded to mourn and weep for her.

Exodus 24:17

To the Israelites the glory of the Lord was seen as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

Zechariah 12:10

I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on him whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn. Catalogue of Mourners.

Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’

Luke 23:27

A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him.

Luke 23:48

When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts;

Luke 8:51

When he arrived at the house he allowed no one to enter with him except Peter and John and James, and the child’s father and mother.

Luke 8:53

And they ridiculed him, because they knew that she was dead.

John 11:4

When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”