Luke 8:52

52 flebant autem omnes et plangebant illam at ille dixit nolite flere non est mortua sed dormit

Luke 8:52 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 52 And all wept and bewailed her
Not only her relations and friends, and the servants of the house, but the mourning women, that were hired on this occasion, and employed for this purpose:

but he said, weep not;
neither in show, as the mourning women did, nor in reality, as the friends of the deceased:

she is not dead, but sleepeth;
(See Gill on Matthew 9:24). (See Gill on Mark 5:39).

Luke 8:52 In-Context

50 Iesus autem audito hoc verbo respondit patri puellae noli timere crede tantum et salva erit

51 et cum venisset domum non permisit intrare secum quemquam nisi Petrum et Iohannem et Iacobum et patrem et matrem puellae

52 flebant autem omnes et plangebant illam at ille dixit nolite flere non est mortua sed dormit

53 et deridebant eum scientes quia mortua esset

54 ipse autem tenens manum eius clamavit dicens puella surge