Luke 8:52

52 and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

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 and Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, `Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be saved.'

51 And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;

52 and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

53 and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

54 and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, `Child, arise;'