Luke 8:52

52 Everyone was crying and showing how sad they were. Jesus said, "Don't cry! She's not dead. She's just sleeping."

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 When Jesus heard this, he told the synagogue leader, "Don't be afraid! Just believe, and she will get well."

51 Jesus went into the house. He allowed no one to go with him except Peter, John, James, and the child's parents.

52 Everyone was crying and showing how sad they were. Jesus said, "Don't cry! She's not dead. She's just sleeping."

53 They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.

54 But Jesus took her hand and called out, "Child, get up!"