“And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.”
Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat — her spirit returned (epestrepsen to pneuma autēs, her spirit came back): Luke's description of the resurrection as the return of the spirit communicates the completeness of the death and the completeness of the restoration. At once she stood up: immediately, completely. Give her something to eat: the tender domestic instruction — the girl who was dead is alive and hungry, and her physical needs are the first priority.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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