1 Kings 17:22

• §2583Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

  “After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 17:7-24.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.56Book II

  “Now a Jew would not have uttered these words, who believed what is recorded in the third and fourth books of Kings regarding little children, of whom the one was raised up by Elijah, and the other by Elisha.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Kings xvii. 21, 22. [3 Kings, Sept. and Vulg. S.]

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “Elijah prayed, and raised the dead child.” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xvii. 22.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 91

  “For Elias did so; and Elisha also, both when alive in the flesh, and when he lay buried in his sepulchre.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 21, 22.

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• 2 Kings 4:34

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.56.

• 2 Kings 4:35

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.56.