52 and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep; 53 and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die; 54 and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, 'Child, arise;' 55 and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat; 56 and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 8:52-56
Commentary on Luke 8:41-56
(Read Luke 8:41-56)
Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable words to Jairus, Fear not, believe only, and thy daughter shall be made whole. No less hard was it not to grieve for the loss of an only child, than not to fear the continuance of that grief. But in perfect faith there is no fear; the more we fear, the less we believe. The hand of Christ's grace goes with the calls of his word, to make them effectual. Christ commanded to give her meat. As babes new born, so those newly raised from sin, desire spiritual food, that they may grow thereby.