"And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead." — Luke 8:53

Luke 8:53 · KJV

“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”

— Luke 8:53

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

Luke 8 — Context

And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

Cross References

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were {our} faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us}

John 11:39

Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been {dead} four days.

Psalms 22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}

Mark 15:44-45

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling {unto him} the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

Job 17:2

{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}

John 19:33-35

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

Job 12:4

I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn.