Luke 7:15

Modern

And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Traditional

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Literal

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and He gave him to his mother.

Latin

Et resedit qui erat mortuus, et cœpit loqui. Et dedit illum matri suæ.

Greek

English

And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Jesus raised three people from the dead:

Jesus has power over life and death (compare 1 Kings 17:17–24; 2 Kings 4:18–37).

Theme notes and profiles

2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
1 Kings 17:23–24
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
2 Kings 4:32–37
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.