“And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.”
Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, young man, I say to you, get up — touching the bier (the stretcher carrying the corpse) creates ritual impurity for the one who touches — Jesus does not avoid the contamination but accepts it in order to reach the dead. The bearers stood still: the procession of death is interrupted. Young man, I say to you, get up (neaniske, soi legō, egerthēti): the personal address to the dead communicates resurrection as a relational act.
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