As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Cloths that had touched Paul's body heal the sick and expel spirits; mere contact with Elisha's bones revives a dead man. The motif of healing power mediated through physical contact with a holy person (even at a remove) is a strong conceptual parallel to the Elisha cycle (Volume: shared contact-healing logic; Recurrence: Luke models Paul/Peter on Elijah-Elisha; Coherence: high).
Medium confidenceHealing power transmitted through mere contact with Elisha's bones offers a precedent for healing mediated by Peter's passing shadow (v. 15) — power so abundant it operates at the margins of the prophet's person.
Low confidenceContact with Elisha's bones revives a corpse — power transmitted by touch from a holy person even involuntarily. The woman's cure by touching Jesus' garment, with power 'gone out from him' (v.30), echoes the prophetic motif of healing virtue conveyed through physical contact. Thematic, supporting the Elijah-Elisha typology that pervades the chapter.
Low confidenceMere contact with Elisha's bones restores life, the OT motif of healing power conveyed by touching the prophet or his remains. The healing transmitted by touching Jesus' garment coheres with this contact-with-the-holy-one healing pattern. Contested, thematic resonance only.
Low confidenceMere contact with Elisha's bones revives a corpse; healing by contact with the prophet (or his remains/garment) belongs to the Elisha cycle and faintly extends the Elisha typology of the chapter to the touch-healings at Gennesaret.
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