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Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

Luke 7:15

In 9 translations

BSB
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
KJV
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
WEB
He who was dead sat up and began to speak. Then he gave him to his mother.
ASV
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
LSV
and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and He gave him to his mother;
YLT
and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;
DBY
And the dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.
DRC
And he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
GNV
And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake, and he deliuered him to his mother.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἀνεκάθισεν ὁ νεκρὸς καὶ ἤρξατο λαλεῖν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Καὶ ἀνεκάθισεν ὁ νεκρός, καὶ ἤρξατο λαλεῖν. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀνεκάθισεν ὁ νεκρός, καὶ ἤρξατο λαλεῖν. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
και ανεκαθισεν ο νεκρος και ηρξατο λαλειν και εδωκεν αυτον τη μητρι αυτου

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◆ Widow's Son Resurrected

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 13:21Once, 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…
  • 1 Kings 17:23–24Then 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. Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of…
  • 2 Kings 4:32–37When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed. So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye…

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