I have heard the heart-wrenching cry of a mother who was told that her daughter had died. This was something more. The tradition was the louder the funeral the more beloved the dead. Can you imagine what the mourners thought. Jesus spoke of death as sleep to portray it as a temporary state.
Nobody can raise the dead .
Many people ridicule the power of Jesus today. Taking the girl's parents, along with James, John and Peter, Jesus went into the room where her body lay. I picture a tender scene here. The girl arose . He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live .