2 Kings 13:21 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 7
Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.35Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“If the corpse of Elisha raised a dead man, how much more shall God, when He has quickened men’s dead bodies, bring them up for judgment?” — editor's note: 2 Kings xiii. 21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…the very contact of Elisha’s corpse gave life to the dead, that the prophet might foreshow the coming of Him, Who, being sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, should, even after His burial, raise the dead to life.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 3. Note “in the likeness of sinful flesh,” not “in sinful flesh.” Cf. Phil. ii. 7; for the miracle referred to, see 2 Kings xiii. 21.
Read the whole comment“And why should we wonder that the soul is restored at the word of God, that flesh returns to the bones, when we remember the dead raised by the touch of the prophet’s body?” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings iv. 34; xiii. 21.
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John Chrysostom
“For both they of the company of Cornelius by their faith drew unto themselves the grace of the Spirit; and in the case of Eliseusagain, when none had believed, a dead man rose again.” — editor's note: 2 Kings xiii. 21.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Cornelius and his household, by their faith, attracted to them the grace of the Holy Spirit [Acts 10:4]; but the dead man who was cast into the sepulchre was revived solely by virtue of the holy body. [2 Ki 13:21]” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“We shall make a pilgrimage to Samaria, and side by side venerate the ashes of John the Baptist, of Elisha, and of Obadiah.” — editor's note: 2 Kings xiii. 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For when certain men, who were carrying a dead person, had fled thither for refuge from an onset of their enemies, and had laid him down therein, he instantly came again to life.” — editor's note: 2 Kings xiii. 21.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).