KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 8:53–55
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Luke 8:53
53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
53And they laughed him to scorne, knowing that she was dead.
Luke 8:54
54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
54And hee put them all out, and tooke her by the hand, and called, saying, Mayd, arise.
Luke 8:55
55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
55And her spirit came againe, and shee arose straightway: and hee commanded to giue her meat.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 8:53
To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter; also to laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision, as the context shows.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Contempt or disdain; as a verb, to mock, despise, or reject contemptuously.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Perceiving, understanding, recognizing, or being acquainted with; also having knowledge or skill.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Without life; deprived of life; also lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 8:54
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To rise, stand up, come forth, or begin to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Luke 8:55
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
straightway
Immediately and without delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ordered; directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 53
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Open the full verse study3He 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.
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Open the full verse study14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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Open the full verse study4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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Open the full verse study2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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Open the full verse study39Jesus 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.
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Open the full verse study33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
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Open the full verse study44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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Open the full verse study7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
From verse 54
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Open the full verse study32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
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Open the full verse study40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
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Open the full verse study43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
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Open the full verse study21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
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Open the full verse study28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
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Open the full verse study14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
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Open the full verse study51And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
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Open the full verse study31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
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Open the full verse study23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
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Open the full verse study27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
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Open the full verse study25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
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Open the full verse study40And 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.
41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
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Open the full verse study17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
From verse 55
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Open the full verse study44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
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Open the full verse study21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
22And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
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Open the full verse study41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
42And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43And he took it, and did eat before them.
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Open the full verse study43And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
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