Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man touched Elisha’s bones, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.
Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
So I prophesied as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone.
I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’”
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
You will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.
I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.’”
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one that will escape his hand.
For you have authority over life and death, And you lead down to the gates of Hades, and lead up again.
May their bones flourish again out of their place, And may the name of those who have been honored be renewed upon their children.
Who did raise up a dead man from death, And from the place of the dead, by the word of the Most High:
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, You, miscreant, do release us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise up us, who have died for his laws, to an eternal renewal of life.
and nobly said, From heaven I possess these; and for his laws’ sake I contemn these; and from him I hope to receive these back again:
And being come near to death he said thus: It is good to die at the hands of men and look for the hopes which are given by God, that we shall be raised up again by him; for as for you, you shall have no resurrection to life.
Therefore the Creator of the world, who fashioned the generation of man and devised the generation of all things, in mercy gives back to you again both your spirit and your life, as you⌃ now contemn your own selves for his laws’ sake.
Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your kindred, accept your death, that in the mercy of God I may receive you again with your kindred.
And when he had made a collection man by man to the sum of two thousand drachmas of silver, he sent to Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice for sin, doing therein right well and honorably, in that he took thought for a resurrection.
For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it were superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.
(And if he did it looking to an honorable memorial of gratitude laid up for those who die in godliness, holy and godly was the thought.) Wherefore he made the atoning sacrifice for those who had died, that they might be released from their sin.
Then they who were before despised and near to hades, yes, rather advanced into it, partook of the cup of salvation, instead of a grievous and lamentable death. Full of exultation, they parted out the place intended for their fall and burial into banqueting booths.
And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out from their tombs: for I have known my name in them.
Wherever you find the dead, set a sign upon them and commit them to the grave, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.
Remember your children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the secret places of the earth, and show mercy to them: for I am merciful, says the Lord Almighty.
And after seven days the world, that yet awakens not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corruptible.
And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell therein in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed to them.
And then shall the Most High say to the nations that are raised from the dead, See you⌃ and understand whom you⌃ have denied, or whom you⌃ have not served, or whose commandments you⌃ have despised.
The sixth order, when it is showed to them how their face shall shine as the sun, and how they shall be made like to the light of the stars, being henceforth incorruptible.
and Elijah for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:
But the day of judgement shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is passed away,
For after death shall the judgement come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.
And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labors of his body were now spent, and his fibres were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.
they who believe that to God they die not; for, as our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, they live to God.
But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying
And they saw this, too, that they who die for God, live to God; as Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.
He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
For he did not forget the song which Moses taught, proclaiming, I will kill, and I will make to live.
But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ Exodus 3:6 God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”
They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
saying, “Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.