¥Jesus puts out the
bystanders when he heals the girl.
–He probably makes
the remark about the girl sleeping to throw them
off the track.
–Some think she
was not really dead, but it appears that LukeÕs
narration (8:53) confirms that she was.
¥Jesus allows himself to be touched by the woman & touches the girl, so that by OT law, he would become unclean, but in each case the unclean person is cleansed!