1 Kings 17:23

And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

In Context

22And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived.

24And the woman said to Elias: Now, by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:36And he called Giezi, and said to him: Call this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to him: and he said: Take up thy son.

John 4:51And as he was going down, his servants met him; and they brought word, saying, that his son lived.

Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again. But others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:18-24

The Widow's Child Raised to Life. ( b. c. 908.) 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his… Read the whole commentary →

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