Luke 8:53
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.”
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BSBPD
“And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 8:53 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Mark 15:44Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- John 11:39“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
- John 19:33But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
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