JesusÕ Actions
¥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!