{Is even now dead} (arti eteleut(8873)en). Aorist tense with
arti and so better, "just now died," "just dead" (Moffatt).
Mark ( Mr 5:23 ) has it "at the point of death," Luke ( Lu 8:42 )
"lay a dying." It is not always easy even for physicians to tell
when actual death has come. Jesus in  9:24  pointedly said, "The
damsel is not dead, but sleepeth," meaning that she did not die
to stay dead.