Verse 15

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 17:23-24 : 23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said,“See, your son is alive!” 24 The woman said to Elijah,“Now I know that you are a prophet and that the LORD’s message really does come through you.”
• 2 Kgs 4:32-37 : 32 When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed. 33 He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the LORD. 34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin grew warm. 35 Elisha went back and walked around in the house. Then he got up on the bed again and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. 36 Elisha called to Gehazi and said,“Get the Shunammite woman.” So he did so and she came to him. He said to her,“Take your son.” 37 She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.
• 2 Kgs 13:21 : 21 One day some men were burying a man when they spotted a raiding party. So they threw the dead man into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man came to life and stood on his feet.