recorded
in the Old Testament.
Six
specific
incidences of Resurrection are recorded in the New Testament
as well as
an unspecified number of resurrections immediately following the death of Jesus.
Five men performed resurrections: Elijah, Paul, and Peter
are
each recorded
as having
raised
one
person from the dead. Counting
himself,
Jesus resurrected
four people
from death
and Elisha
raised one when he was aliveand his bones raised another after his death.
This certainly ranks only second to the creation of life as the most advanced of
the powers of the Elohiym.
Elijah
Resurrects A Child
1 Kings 17:21
And he stretched himself upon the
child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray
thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22
And the Lord heard the voice
of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And
Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,
and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
Elisha
Resurrects A Child
2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid
upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto the Lord. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his
mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands:
and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and
stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child
opened his eyes. 36
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Elisha's
Bones Resurrect A Corpse 2 Kings 13:21
And it came to pass, as they were
burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man
into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Jesus
Resurrects
a Ruler's Daughter Matt. 9:23
And when Jesus came into the
ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24
He said
unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed
him to scorn. 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by
the hand, and the maid arose.
Jesus
Resurrects Lazarus
John 11:41
Then they took away the stone
from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42
And I knew that thou hearest me
always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may
believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a
loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Many
Resurrected By Jesus' Death
Matthew 27:52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city,
and appeared unto many.
Jesus
Resurrects A Widow's Son Luke 7:14
And he came and touched the bier:
and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee,
Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him
to his mother.
Paul Resurrects
Eutychus
· Acts 20:9
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into
a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell
down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10
And Paul went down, and fell
on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him..
Peter
Resurrects Tabitha
· Acts 9:40
But Peter put them all forth, and
kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And
she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
