Thematic Bible: Resurrections


Thematic Bible



The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.


Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!


So the Lord listened to Elijah’s voice, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.


Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.




The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.”


The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.


Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.


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