But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. The crowd is put outside — Jesus controls the audience for the miracle, preferring the intimate restoration over the public demonstration. He took her by the hand — the same hand that touched the leper, held the hand of Peter's mother-in-law — and the girl arose. Mark 5:41–42 records the Aramaic words: Talitha cumi, which means little girl, arise. The resurrection of the daughter of Jairus is the clearest demonstration yet that Jesus' authority extends even to death. Death, like the storm, like the demons, like the diseases, yields to the word and touch of the Son of Man.

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