“And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.”
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother — the immediate and complete resurrection: sat up and began to talk. The talking communicates the completeness of the restoration — not merely breathing but coherent speech. Jesus gave him back to his mother (apedōken auton tē mētri autou): the same phrase used in 1 Kings 17:23 when Elijah gives the restored son back to the widow of Zarephath. Luke is deliberately evoking the Elijah typology.
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