Luke 8:53

Luke · New Testament · Chapter 8

“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”Luke 8:53

What Does Luke 8:53 Mean?

Luke 8:53 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 8, verse 53 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (12)

These passages are connected to Luke 8:53 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 53:3“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Luke 16:14“And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.”Job 12:4“I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.”Job 17:2“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”Psalms 22:7“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,”Mark 15:44“And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.”Luke 6:25“Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.”Luke 7:22“Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.”John 11:39“Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.”John 19:33“But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:”2 Chronicles 30:10“So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.”Mark 5:40“And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.”

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