When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
Parallel translations
- WEB When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
- KJV And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- NKJV When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.
- NASB When Elisha entered the house, behold the boy was dead, laid on his bed.
- NLT When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed.
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Quick answer
Elisha enters the house and finds the child dead on his bed. The prophet confronts the full reality of death before God acts.
Overview
The plain statement of the dead boy on the bed underscores the gravity of the situation. Elisha faces what only God can reverse. The scene sets up a display of divine power over the grave. It points forward to the One who would conquer death decisively.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- John 11:17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
- Luke 8:52–53Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
- 1 Kgs 17:17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
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Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.
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