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1 Kings 17:16-18
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 17:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 The jar of flour was not used up, and the jug of oil did not go dry, just as the word of the Lord had foretold through Elijah.
17 Elijah Restores Life to the Widow’s Son.[a] After these things happened, the son of the woman who owned the house fell ill. The illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
18 She said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to make me remember my sins,[b] and to put my son to death?”
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- 1 Kings 17:17 The first raising from the dead of which the Bible speaks is on behalf of a foreign woman (see Lk 4:25-26).
- 1 Kings 17:18 Make me remember my sins: it was not uncommon at the time for a parent to blame themselves for a child’s disabilities. Elijah’s ability to raise the widow’s son from death was a sign to the people of God’s power among them.
