Resurrection in Scripture

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled by asking about resurrections in the Bible -- or stories of presumed resurrections, in the case of Herod believing that Jesus was John the Baptist -- and then discovering that there were several more than I remembered. While doing some reading today, I came across a list of resurrections in the Scriptures.

The list is as follows:

• the son of the widow of Zarephath by Elijah
• the son of the Shunammite woman by Elisha
• a corpse thrown into Elisha's grave by Elisha (technically, by Elisha's own corpse)
• Lazarus by Jesus
• the daughter of Jairus by Jesus
• the son of the widow of Nain by Jesus
• Dorcas, also called Tabitha, by Peter
• Eutychus by Paul

Plus the biggest of them all, Jesus' own resurrection. Which is more than I remembered, and may be more than you remembered too. Even minister's fail pop-quizzes from time to time. It's embarrassing, though, if it's the minister's own pop-quiz.