1 Kings 17:17-24

Elijah Raises the Widow's Son

¹⁷ After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁸ And she said to Elijah, _y "What have you against me, O _z man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!" ¹⁹ And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. ²⁰ And he cried to the Lord, "O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?" ²¹ _a Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, "O Lord my God, let this child's life ₁ come into him again." ²² And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and _b he revived. ²³ And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives." ²⁴ And the woman said to Elijah, _c "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth."

1. Cross References
   Luke 4:34
   "Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God."
   Luke 5:8
   But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 33:1
   This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Kings 4:34 - 35
   Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
   Acts 20:10
   But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.
   
4. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:35
   Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
   
5. Cross References
   John 3:2
   This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.