" 'I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.

The LORD kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.

One time during a funeral, one of those bands was seen, and the people threw the corpse into Elisha's tomb and ran off. As soon as the body came into contact with Elisha's bones, the man came back to life and stood up.

But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, "Get up, child!"

Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

They took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.

For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead.

After three and a half days a life-giving breath came from God and entered them, and they stood up; and all who saw them were terrified.