Luke 8:52
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.
KJV
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔκλαιον | eklaion | They were weeping | G2799 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐκόπτοντο | ekoptonto | they were mourning for | G2875 → |
| αὐτήν. | autēn | her. | G846 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 → |
| εἶπεν· | eipen | He said; | G2036 → |
| μὴ | mē | Not | G3361 → |
| κλαίετε· | klaiete | do weep; | G2799 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ἀπέθανεν | apethanen | she is dead | G599 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → |
| καθεύδει. | katheudei | sleeps. | G2518 → |
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