Luke 8:53 meaning and explanation

And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.

Luke 8:53, Berean Standard Bible

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The crowd here is the household and neighbors gathered to mourn Jairus's twelve year old daughter, who has just died. Jesus has told them, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep," meaning that her death is sleep from which he will wake her, not that she was merely ill.

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