Luca 8:53

53 E si ridevano di lui, sapendo ch’era morta.

Luca 8:53 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:53

And they laughed him to scorn
The servants, neighbours, and relations, the pipers, and mourning women: these, from weeping for the dead, fell to laughing at Christ, having him and his words in the utmost derision:

knowing that she was dead:
some of them having been employed in laying her out, and all of them having seen her, and were satisfied, and thoroughly assured, that she was actually dead, as ever any person was, as she doubtless was; but they were ignorant in what sense Christ meant she was not dead, but asleep; (See Gill on Matthew 9:24). (See Gill on Mark 5:39).

Luca 8:53 In-Context

51 Ed arrivato alla casa, non permise ad alcuno d’entrarvi con lui, salvo che a Pietro, a Giovanni, a Giacomo e al padre e alla madre della fanciulla.

52 Or tutti piangevano e facean cordoglio per lei. Ma egli disse: Non piangete; ella non è morta, ma dorme.

53 E si ridevano di lui, sapendo ch’era morta.

54 Ma egli, presala per la mano, disse ad alta voce: Fanciulla, lèvati!

55 E lo spirito di lei tornò; ella s’alzò subito, ed egli comandò che le si desse da mangiare.