Jesus and the little girl in Mark 5

Notice what Jesus did in that little room. He took the little girl's hand. By doing so--by touching a dead body--Jesus Himself became ritually unclean (just as He had done when the women with the hemorrhage had touched His garment [see Leviticus 15]). He shared in her death in order to deliver her from it.

Later, on Calvary, Jesus would again share in death. This time it would be our death. He would become 'unclean' for our sake, and bear God's judgment against our sin. In a sense what he was doing here was but a preview of what he would do then. It was also a preview of what He will do at the end of time, when He will take us by the hand and say, "Arise! That will not be in secret, but in public: 'every eye will see Him.' Even those who mocked him that day will see Him--and will mourn, this time for themselves (cf. Revelation 1:7) Sinclair Ferguson