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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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Suggested context · Luke 8:49–56

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8:49¶ While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

8:50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

8:51And 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.

8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

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

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8:54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

8:55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

8:56And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

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