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After a while, due to the drought, the brook dried up so God told Elijah to go to the town of Sarepta and to seek out a widow that would find him water and food (vv.7-9). Elijah learns that the widow has a son and between them they only have enough flour and oil for one more meal before they die. Despite this, the widow helps Elijah (vv11-14).
Widow's Son Church at Nain which is the site of the miracle. The raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath , by the Old Testament prophet Elijah ( 1 Kings 17 ), is seen by Fred Craddock as the model for this miracle, as there are several parallels in the details, [ 2 ] especially some verbal parallels. [ 3 ]
Elijah is mentioned four more times in the New Testament: in Luke, Romans, Hebrews, and James. In Luke 4:24–27, Jesus uses Elijah as an example of rejected prophets. Jesus says, "No prophet is accepted in his own country," and then mentions Elijah, saying that there were many widows in Israel, but Elijah was sent to one in Phoenicia.
Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 203 cm × 243 cm (80 in × 96 in) Location. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Lanfranco. It is housed in the J. Paul Getty Museum located in Los Angeles, California.
Elijah instructs her to make him some anyway, telling her that she will not run out of food until the famine is over. Soon, the widow's son becomes ill and dies. At the widow's insistence, Elijah raises him from the dead. Three years later, God tells Elijah to return to Ahab because the drought is coming to an end.
Dec. 2—Jesus told a crowd in Matthew 11:7-14 that John the Baptist had been "the Elijah who was to come" and that has led many people to wonder if John was the actual re-appearance of the great ...
The raising of the son of the woman of Shunem is a miracle by Elisha narrated in the Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings 4: . 2 Kings 4: 32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord. 34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his ...
Elijah is sent to a widow who tells him she hasn't enough flour or oil. Elijah promises that the flour and oil will last until the rains return, which comes true. The widow's son later grows sick and stops breathing. Elijah lays the son's body on his own bed, stretches himself over on the body three times, and prays, and the son comes back to life.