And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion. The professional mourners with their flutes and the commotion of the death-crowd communicate that the death was considered established — the mourning process had begun. In the ancient world, professional mourners were hired immediately upon death; their presence indicates the family and community considered the girl definitively dead. The noisy crowd's presence is the public announcement of finality that Jesus is about to reverse.

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