2 Kings 4:32-36

4:32 When Elisha arrived at the house, there was ¹  the child lying dead on his bed. 4:33 He went in by himself and closed the door. ²  Then he prayed to the Lord. 4:34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over ³  the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s ⁴  mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin ⁵  grew warm. 4:35 Elisha ⁶  went back and walked around in the house. ⁷  Then he got up on the bed again ⁸  and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. 4:36 Elisha ⁹  called to Gehazi and said, “Get the Shunammite woman.” So he did so ¹⁰  and she came to him. He said to her, “Take your son.”

Acts 9:40-41

9:40 But Peter sent them all outside, ¹¹  knelt down, ¹²  and prayed. Turning ¹³  to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. ¹⁴  9:41 He gave ¹⁵  her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called ¹⁶  the saints and widows and presented her alive.

¹ tn Heb “look.”

² tn Heb “and closed the door behind the two of them.”

³ tn Heb “he went up and lay down over.”

⁴ tn Heb “his” (also in the next two clauses).

⁵ tn Or perhaps, “body”; Heb “flesh.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

⁸ tn Heb “and he went up.”

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he called for her.”

¹¹ tn Grk “Peter, sending them all outside, knelt down.” The participle ἐκβαλών (ekbalwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹² tn Grk “and kneeling down,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. Instead the “and” is placed before the verb προσηύξατο (proshuxato, “and prayed”). The participle θείς (qeis) is taken as a participle of attendant circumstance.

¹³ tn Grk “and turning.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

¹⁴ sn She sat up. This event is told much like Luke 8:49-56 and Mark 5:35-43. Peter’s ministry mirrored that of Jesus.

¹⁵ tn Grk “Giving her his hand, he helped her.” The participle δούς (dous) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁶ tn Grk “Then calling the saints…he presented her.” The participle φωνήσας (fwnhsa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style; it could also be taken temporally (“After he called”).