Luke 8:51

51 And when he came to the house, he suffered no man to enter with him, but Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the damsel.

Luke 8:51 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:51

And when he came into the house
Of the ruler of the synagogue;

he suffered no man to go in:
to the room, where the dead body lay:

save Peter, James and John;
not one of the multitude that followed him, nor any of the disciples, but these three; who were his favourite ones, and were a sufficient number to be witnesses of the miracle:

and the father and mother of the maiden;
these also were admitted. The Persic version very wrongly joins these last words with the beginning of the next verse, reading them thus, "the father and mother of the maiden, with the domestics, wept and bewailed her".

Luke 8:51 In-Context

49 And yet while he spake, a man came from the prince of the synagogue, and said to him [Yet him speaking, some man came to the prince of the synagogue, saying to him], Thy daughter is dead, do not thou travail the master.

50 And when this word was heard, Jesus answered to the father of the damsel, Do not thou dread, but believe thou only [but only believe thou], and she shall be safe.

51 And when he came to the house, he suffered no man to enter with him, but Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the damsel.

52 And all wept, and bewailed her. And he said, Do not ye weep, for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

53 And they scorned him, and knew that she was dead. [And they scorned him, witting that she was dead.]