Big Healing Book - Luke 7:12-16

Luke 7:12-16:

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
And there came a fear on all and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

Notes on Luke 7:12-16:

The dead man was not an old man who had lived out a long, satisfying life. First, Jesus called him “young man.” Second, His mother was still alive. We don’t know of any case where Jesus raised old people from the dead. That doesn’t mean that it could never happen; I saw it happen once in person, though the person was of retirement age but not by much. We don’t know Lazarus’s age, but he did have a sister Martha who scurried around doing many things. So I don’t suppose that Lazarus was well advanced in years, either. It would appear that the norm for “raising the dead” miracles is that they involve people who are not at an age where they would normally die anyway.

We should expect that there will be cases today where dead people are raised, though no one is going to go empty a cemetery. (The only case of a mass exodus from a cemetery occurred when Jesus rose from the dead, which was a one-time event in Matthew 27:52-53.) Peter raised a girl (another young person) from the dead (Acts 9:36-42), and Paul raised a young man who fell out of a window (Acts 20:9-12). So we can see that Jesus’ followers also raised the dead; it wasn’t only Jesus who did it. Although we don’t have the individual accounts, Jesus commanded His disciples to raise the dead during His earthly ministry, and we would assume that they obeyed Him and did raise some dead people.