53They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.


In Context

50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.

52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."

53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

54 But he took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up!"

55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.

Luke 8:53 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:53And they derided him, knowing that she had died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:53And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:53and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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