{Touched the bier} (h(8870)sato tou sorou). An urn for the
bones or ashes of the dead in Homer, then the coffin ( Ge 5:26 ),
then the funeral couch or bier as here. Only here in the N.T.
Jesus touched the bier to make the bearers stop, which they did
({stood still}, est(8873)an), second aorist active indicative of
hist(886d)i.