Luke 8:51
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
This verse belongs to the account in which Jairus's daughter was raised from the dead, an event that took place after the return from healing the demoniacs at Gadara. Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue whose little daughter lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. Jesus went at once with the stricken father toward his home, to the surprise of the disciples at ready compliance with a haughty ruler. He made very slow progress over the short distance because the pressing crowd was eager to see him and beg his attention and aid while he stopped to minister to their spiritual darkness and physical maladies.
Jesus kept the crowd out of the house, shut all others out, and allowed only Peter, James, John and the father and mother of the girl to go with him into the chamber where she lay dead. Peter, James and John were his most faithful disciples, brought in as chosen witnesses with the parents themselves. The mourners making a loud outward show of grief were sent out of the room at his command after they scorned his words with laughter. Accompanied only by those five, he approached the bedside, took the child's hand and raised her from death to life before those witnesses.
The raising shows careful attention to humble necessity even under the weight of the great work of redemption in teaching and healing, for he reminded the parents that she must have something to eat. Those called to cooperate for the salvation of souls must follow that faithful, conscientious attention to little things as the secret of success in every line of Christian effort and influence.