30. Elijah, then, raised the dead, but he prayed—he did not command. 1 Kings xvii. 20 ff. Elisha raised one to life after laying himself upon the dead body, in accordance with its posture; 2 Kings iv. 34. and, again, the very contact of Elisha’s corpse gave life to the dead, that the prophet might foreshow the coming of Him, Who, being sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, Rom. viii. 3. Note “in the likeness of sinful flesh,” not “in sinful flesh.” Cf. Phil. ii. 7; for the miracle referred to, see 2 Kings xiii. 21. should, even after His burial, raise the dead to life.