Ver. 52 And all wept and bewailed her Not only her relations and friends, and the servants of the house, but the mourning women, that were hired on this occasion, and employed for this purpose:
but he said, weep not; neither in show, as the mourning women did, nor in reality, as the friends of the deceased:
she is not dead, but sleepeth; (See Gill on Matthew 9:24). (See Gill on Mark 5:39).
50
And when this word was heard, Jesus answered to the father of the damsel, Do not thou dread, but believe thou only [but only believe thou], and she shall be safe.
51
And when he came to the house, he suffered no man to enter with him, but Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the damsel.
52
And all wept, and bewailed her. And he said, Do not ye weep, for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
53
And they scorned him, and knew that she was dead. [And they scorned him, witting that she was dead.]
54
But he held her hand, and cried, and said [saying], Damsel, rise up.