Luke 8:52

Weymouth NT

The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, »Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep.«

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

»`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'«

Luke 23:27

A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

Luke 23:48

And all the crowds that had come together to this sight, after seeing all that had occurred, returned to the city beating their breasts.

Luke 8:51

So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.

Luke 8:53

And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead.

John 11:4

Jesus received the message and said, »This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it.«