John Gill's Exposition on Luke 8:53

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they laughed him to scorn, etc.] The servants, neighbours, and relations, the pipers, and mourning women: these, from weeping for the dead, fell to laughing at Christ, having him and his words in the utmost derision: knowing that she was dead: some of them having been employed in laying her out, and all of them having seen her, and were satisfied, and thoroughly assured, that she was actually dead, as ever any person was, as she doubtless was; but they were ignorant in what sense Christ meant she was not dead, but asleep; (See Gill on “<400924>Matthew 9:24”). (See Gill on “<410539>Mark 5:39”).

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