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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יְהִ֞י הֵ֣ם קֹבְרִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וְ/הִנֵּה֙ רָא֣וּ אֶֽת הַ/גְּד֔וּד וַ/יַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ אֶת הָ/אִ֖ישׁ בְּ/קֶ֣בֶר אֱלִישָׁ֑ע וַ/יֵּ֜לֶךְ וַ/יִּגַּ֤ע הָ/אִישׁ֙ בְּ/עַצְמ֣וֹת אֱלִישָׁ֔ע וַ/יְחִ֖י וַ/יָּ֥קָם עַל רַגְלָֽי/ו
Louis Segond 1910
Et comme on enterrait un homme, voici, on aperçut une de ces troupes, et l'on jeta l'homme dans le sépulcre d'Elisée. L'homme alla toucher les os d'Elisée, et il reprit vie et se leva sur ses pieds.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
]; but the dead man who was cast into the sepulchre was revived solely by virtue of the holy body. [ 2 Ki 13:21 ] It happened that the disciples were then weak in faith; for indeed they were but in an imperfect condition before the cross; wherefore He here tells them, that faith…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 158 (Migne)
tangeretur, resurrexit vivus, et iterum est, meritis prophetae et tactu corporis, vivere permissus (IV Reg. XIII, 21) . Si ergo tactu prophetae mortui resurrexit qui erat mortuus, multo magis nos reviviscimus, si tibi nostro [Col. 0874D] Creatori per bona opera jungimur, qui es…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 182 (Migne)
e vivebat in mortuo gratia sanitatum: et manus ejus fuit mortuae manui, quod mortuo homini Elisaeus (IV Reg. XIII, 21) . Puer ille de longe venerat, et manum quam pendentem attulerat, sanam in patriam reportavit. Jam omnibus rite peractis, in ipso oratorio sanctae Dei genitricis…
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