Luke 8:52

New International Version

Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:2

She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Exodus 24:17

To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Matthew 11:17

“ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Luke 23:27

A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.

Luke 23:48

When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.

Luke 8:51

When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother.

Luke 8:53

They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

John 11:4

When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”