But He Himself commands them not to wail, as if the damsel was not dead, but sleeping.
Wherefore it says, “And when He was come in, He saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”
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Also cites: Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.