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Luke 8:53

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And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
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  1. Isaiah 53:3Rank 1 from verse 53
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    3He 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.

  2. Luke 16:14Rank 2 from verse 53
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    14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

  3. Job 12:4Rank 3 from verse 53
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    4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  4. Job 17:2Rank 4 from verse 53
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    2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

  5. John 11:39Rank 5 from verse 53
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    39Jesus 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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Luke 8:53

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laughed

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Expressed mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter; or laughed at in mockery, scorn, or derision.

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scorn

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1. To despise, deride, ridicule, or mock. 2. Contempt, derision, ridicule, or mockery.

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knowing

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Sense 1: Perceiving, understanding, recognizing, or being acquainted with. Sense 2: Having knowledge or skill.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

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54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

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