Luke 8:52
Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”
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- Luke 23:27 : 27 A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.
- John 11:4 : 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:11-13 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.” 12 Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
- Gen 23:2 : 2 Then she died in Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
- Gen 27:34-35 : 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father,“Bless me too, my father!” 35 But Isaac replied,“Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.”
- Exod 24:17 : 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.
- 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Jer 9:17-21 : 17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me to say to this people,“Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 18 I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. 19 For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion,‘We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For we have left our land! For our houses have been torn down!’” 20 I said,“So now, you wailing women, listen to the LORD’s message. Open your ears to the message from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and let every woman teach her neighbor this lament. 21 ‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’
- Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
- Matt 11:17 : 17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
- Mark 5:38-39 : 38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
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- Mark 5:38-425 verses91%
38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39 When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
40 And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.
41 Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her,“Talitha koum,” which means,“Little girl, I say to you, get up.”
42 The girl got up at once and began to walk around(she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.
- Luke 8:53-564 verses87%
53 And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.
54 But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”
55 Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.
56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.
- Matt 9:23-253 verses86%
23 When Jesus entered the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,
24 he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.
25 But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
- Luke 8:49-513 verses81%
49 While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said,“Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”
50 But when Jesus heard this, he told him,“Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.
- Luke 7:11-155 verses78%
11 Raising a Widow’s Son Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.
12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her,“Do not weep.”
14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”
15 So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
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18 Restoration and Healing As he was saying these things, a leader came, bowed low before him, and said,“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”
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42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.
- John 11:31-355 verses75%
31 Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
34 He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
- Mark 5:35-362 verses75%
35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying,“Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”
36 But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader,“Do not be afraid; just believe.”
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23 He asked him urgently,“My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”
- John 11:11-144 verses74%
11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
12 Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
14 Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,
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10 She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
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37 At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.
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13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
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40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- John 11:43-442 verses71%
43 When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”
44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
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11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
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31 He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.
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15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.
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15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
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10 At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
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27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
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12 Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
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24 They came and woke him, saying,“Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.
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7 But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”
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22 But Jesus said to him,“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”