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The Healing Touch of Jesus

Luke 8:52

In 9 translations

BSB
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
KJV
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
WEB
All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
ASV
And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.
LSV
and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and He said, “Do not weep, she did not die, but sleeps”;
YLT
and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;
DBY
And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.
DRC
And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
GNV
And all wept, and sorowed for her: but he sayd, Weepe not: for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of οὐ: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: οὐκ.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include γὰρ (“for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: οὐ γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐ γὰρ; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐκ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἔκλαιον δὲ πάντες καὶ ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Μὴ κλαίετε, οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν ἀλλὰ καθεύδει.
RP2018
Ἔκλαιον δὲ πάντες, καὶ ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Μὴ κλαίετε· οὐκ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει.
TR-Boyd
Ἔκλαιον δὲ πάντες, καὶ ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν. Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Μὴ κλαίετε· οὐκ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει.
SCR1894
εκλαιον δε παντες και εκοπτοντο αυτην ο δε ειπεν μη κλαιετε ουκ απεθανεν αλλα καθευδει

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
  • Luke 23:27A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
  • 2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  • Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  • Jeremiah 9:17–21This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our…
  • Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
  • Genesis 27:34–35When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!” But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
  • John 11:11–13After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.” They thought that Jesus was…
  • Mark 5:38–39When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly. He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but…
  • Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
  • Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and…

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