Albert Barnes Commentary Mark 5:43

"And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that [something] should be given her to eat." — Mark 5:43 (ASV)

Something should be given her to eat. "He had raised her by extraordinary power, but he willed that she should be sustained by ordinary means." He also in this gave full evidence that she was really restored to life and health. The changes were great, sudden, and certain. There could be no illusion. So when the Saviour had risen, he gave evidence of his own resurrection, by eating with his disciples (John 21:1–13).