5:37-40a
Jesus took Peter, James and John in with Him, no one else was allowed in. They came to Jairus’ home and found the people crying and wailing. In those days “professional” mourners would be hired, and everyone except Jesus was assuming it was all over, so the mourning was in full flow. Jesus asked them why they were doing this, and told them that the girl was not dead, but only asleep. The response of the people was to laugh at Him. Was Jesus using “asleep” as a euphemism for “dead”, i.e. was she actually dead, or was she in something like a coma? I think the former is the more likely. People in those days were not ignorant about death!
5:40b-43
Undeterred, Jesus put all the mourners out, and took the girl’s parents and his three disciples with Him. He took the girl by the hand and sold her to get up. This she did, immediately. This shows that she was actually dead, for if she had been in a coma or something like that, she would not have got up immediately. A miracle had taken place. The parents were astonished, and Jesus told them to give the girl something to eat.
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