51 Now when he[a] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child. 52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is sleeping.” 53 And they began laughing[b] at him, because they[c] knew that she was dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:51 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 8:53 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began laughing”)
  3. Luke 8:53 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal