Luke 8:52-56

8:52 Now they were all ¹  wailing and mourning ²  for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” 8:53 And they began making fun ³  of him, because they knew ⁴  that she was dead. ⁵  8:54 But Jesus ⁶  gently took her by the hand and said, ⁷  “Child, get up.” 8:55 Her ⁸  spirit returned, ⁹  and she got up immediately. Then ¹⁰  he told them to give her something to eat. 8:56 Her ¹¹  parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one ¹²  what had happened.

¹ sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

² tn Grk “beating the breasts” (in mourning); see L&N 52.1.

³ tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

⁴ tn The participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

⁵ tn Or “had died.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “and called, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “and said.”

⁸ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁹ sn In other words, she came back to life; see Acts 20:10.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹¹ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹² sn Jesus ordered them to tell no one because he desired that miracles not become the center of his ministry.