How Did Jesus Repeat the Miracle of Elisha and the Widow’s Oil?
BY ZACH KEELE | Most of the miracles in the Old Testament were repeated by Jesus in some way or another. Here's how Jesus repeated the miracle of Elisha and the widow’s oil from 2 Kings 4.
With God’s wrath hovering over Israel during the ministry of the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings 4, we meet a widow:
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” (2 Kings 4:1)
We are not told her tribe, her hometown or that of her husband, yet we are informed that she was married to one of the sons or disciples of the prophets—they were loyal to Elisha and faithful to the Lord. In a land of apostasy and idolatry, the sons of the prophets were true believers and worshippers of the Lord.
The widow cries to Elisha in her distress.
We know the widow had faith because she cried to Elisha. This crying out meant that she was in trouble. Hard times had fallen upon her, and in her pain and uncertainty she was in desperate need of help. Now in the Old Testament this crying out was ultimately directed to the Lord; it was an urgent prayer for heavenly aid…
Hi would the casting of the nets and catching a large load of fish, first when Peter was called (Luke 5) and then again when Peter was restored (John 21) would show that Jesus also performed the widow's and oil miracle found in 1 Kings 4?