Luke 8:52

52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is 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 But Jesus, [when he] heard [this], replied to him, "Do not be afraid! Only believe, and she will be healed."

51 Now [when he] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.

52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is sleeping."

53 And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

54 But he took her hand [and] called, saying, "Child, get up."