Discovery BoxLuke 8:52 
Context8:52 Now they were all 1 wailing and mourning 2 for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
Luke 13:28
Context13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 3 when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 4 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 5 but you yourselves thrown out. 6
1 sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.
2 tn Grk “beating the breasts” (in mourning); see L&N 52.1.
3 sn Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise.
4 tn Grk “and Isaac and Jacob,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
5 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
6 tn Or “being thrown out.” The present accusative participle, ἐκβαλλομένους (ekballomenous), related to the object ὑμᾶς (Jumas), seems to suggest that these evildoers will witness their own expulsion from the kingdom.
