Luke 8:53-55

8:53 And they began making fun ¹  of him, because they knew ²  that she was dead. ³  8:54 But Jesus ⁴  gently took her by the hand and said, ⁵  “Child, get up.” 8:55 Her ⁶  spirit returned, ⁷  and she got up immediately. Then ⁸  he told them to give her something to eat.

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¹ tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

² tn The participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

³ tn Or “had died.”

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “and called, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “and said.”

⁶ tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁷ sn In other words, she came back to life; see Acts 20:10.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.