A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 7:14

"And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." — Luke 7:14 (ASV)

Touched the bier (ηψατο του σορου). An urn for the bones or ashes of the dead in Homer, then the coffin (Genesis 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 , εστησαν), second aorist active indicative of ιστημ.