“When the woman was healed, our Lord said, "Who touched me?" so that she could profess her healing before everyone. Also in the case of the little girl, he said, "She is sleeping" so that the spectators might testify that she was dead, and then seeing her restored to life, these who scorned would be converted into beli…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 7.27A
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52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
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50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
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.
— Luke 8:52 —
53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.