Matthew 9:24

Give place, for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

The reality of the death is not denied, but only the fact implicitly assumed, that death will be followed by. resurrection, as sleep is by an awakening. He, the Lord of life, takes away that word of fear, "She is dead," and puts in its room that milder word which gives promise of an awakening, "She sleepeth."-- Trench. The whole account of this incident is inconsistent with the idea that the maiden was simply raised from slumber or. fainting fit. She is reported dead by the messenger (Mark 5:35), is known to be dead by the bystanders (Luke 8:53), on Christ's taking her by the hand her spirit returns to her again (Luke 8:55. comp. 1 Kings 17:21-22), though this does not of itself necessarily imply her death (compare Judges 15:19), and the account of the cure implies, not. natural awakening from sleep, but. miraculous resurrection from the dead. It seems to me unquestionable that the historian believed in the death and the miraculous resurrection from the dead of this maiden.-- Abbott.

Laughed him to scorn.

The company of mourners was certain that the child was dead, and, understanding neither the language nor the power of Jesus, laughed him to scorn, in derision. With the consent of the ruler Jesus orders them to leave, and they depart. He had entered the house, now he enters the room where the child was.