<p>5:42 <em>And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement</em>- We note the connection with the woman who had been sick for twelve years. God was at work in parallel in those lives over that period. Their being overcome with amazement reads rather negatively; amazement rather than faith and thanksgiving. The same word is used of the women's amazement at the news of the Lord's resurrection, having again been told not to weep (Mk. 16:8).</p>