And when he came in, he said unto them,
Why make you this commotion, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleeps.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
He comes to the house, and finds the customary funeral rites already underway, and he says to them, “Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.” He spoke the truth. She was in a certain sense asleep—asleep, that is, in respect of him, by whom she could be awakened. So awakening her, he restored her alive to her parents.
