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. Elisha did the same: (
II Kings 6:17
): “And Elisha prayed, and
said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the
Lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw . . .” (
II
Kings 6:20
): “And it came to pass, when they were come into
Samaria, that Elisha said, “Lord! Open the eyes of these men,
that they may see.” And the Lord opened their eyes, and they
saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.”
Elisha also caused blindness (
II Kings 6:18
): “And when they
came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite
this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And He smote them
with blindness according to the word of Elisha.”
C
. Jesus could raise the dead.
M
. Compare with Elijah (
I Kings 17:22):
“And the Lord heard the
voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and
he revived.” Compare also with Elisha (
II Kings 4:34
): “And he
(Elisha) went up and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon
his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his
hands, and he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of
the child waxed warm.” ie. he came alive.
Even the dead bones of Elisha could restore a dead body to life
by touching it only (
II Kings 13:21
): “And it came to pass, as they
were burying a man that behold, they spied a band of men, and
they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man
was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and
stood up on his feet.”
C.
But Jesus walked upon the water.
M.
Moses stretched out his arms over the sea (
Exodus 14:22
):
“And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon