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[190] [web 2] Jesus is the "firstborn of the dead", prÅtotokos, the first to be raised from the dead, thereby acquiring the "special status of the firstborn as the preeminent son and heir". [1] [web 2] Gregory Beale writes: "Firstborn" refers to the high, privileged position that Christ has as a result of the resurrection from the dead ...
The raising of Lazarus is a story of the miracle of Jesus recounted in the Gospel of John (John 11:1–44) in the New Testament, as well as in the Secret Gospel of Mark (a fragment of an extended version of the Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus raises Lazarus of Bethany from the dead four days after his entombment.
Although the girl was dead (see v. 18), Jesus said that she was sleeping. Lapide gives a number of reasons for this response: 1) To God and to Jesus, all things live, and so she was not dead, and would be raised again at the Judgment Day. Therefore the dead are regularly said to be sleeping in Scripture.
The raising of the son of the widow of Nain (or Naim) [1] is an account of a miracle by Jesus, recorded in the Gospel of Luke chapter 7. Jesus arrived at the village of Nain during the burial ceremony of the son of a widow, and raised the young man from the dead. (Luke 7:11–17) The location is the village of Nain, two miles south of Mount Tabor.
Jesus raises daughter: Matthew 9:23–26 Jesus entered synagogue leader's house and saw a noisy, flute-playing crowd. Jesus: 'Go away. The girl is not dead, but asleep.' The crowd laughed at Jesus. They were put outside. Jesus went in, took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News spread throughout that region. Mark 5:38–43 Jesus entered ...
Following the Apostolic Age, many saints were said to resurrect the dead, as recorded in Orthodox Christian hagiographies. [citation needed] St. Columba supposedly raised a boy from the dead in the land of Picts [25] and St. Nicholas is said to have resurrected pickled children from a brine barrel during a famine by making the sign of the cross ...
In the Gospel of John, Jesus is said to have performed seven miraculous signs that characterize his ministry, from changing water into wine at the start of his ministry to raising Lazarus from the dead at the end. [3] For many Christians and Muslims, the miracles are believed to be actual historical events.
The raising of holy people who had died points to 'the resurrection of the last days' (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2) which starts with Jesus' resurrection. [2] It is only reported in Matthew, tied to the tearing of the temple curtain as the result of the earthquake noted in verse 51. [3]