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Jesus the new Elijah

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Luke 4:25-26 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

	Elijah	Jesus
Welcomed by Gentiles	fed by a widow in Sidon during the drought (1 Kg 17:8-9)	Roman Cornelius believing in the good news of Jesus (Acts 10)
Performed many miracles	multiplication of food: a jar of flour and a jug of oil remained unspent during the drought of three years (1 Kg 17:12-16) raised a widow’s son from the dead (1 Kg 17:17) parted the river Jordan to walk across it (2 Kg 2:8)	multiplication of food, loaves of bread, to feed the 5000 (Mk 6:30-44) and the 4000 (Mk 8:1-9) raised a widow’s son from the dead (Lk 7:11-17) walked on water (Mk 6:48-50)
Fasted for 40 days and nights	at Mount Horeb (Sinai) (1 Kg 19:8)	in the wilderness (Mt 4:1-2)
Went up into heaven	assumed by God's power (2 Kg 2:11)	his ascension (Mk 16:19)

Welcomed by Gentiles: a widow in Sidon fed Elijah during the drought (1 Kg 17:8-9); Roman Cornelius believing in the good news of Jesus (Acts 10)
Performed many miracles:
- Multiplication of food: a jar of flour and a jug of oil remained unspent during the drought of three years (1 Kg 17:12-16); feeding of the 5000 (Mk 6:30-44) and the 4000 (Mk 8:1-9)
- Raised a widow’s son from the dead (1 Kg 17:17 & Lk 7:11-17)
- Controlled the sea: Elijah parted the river Jordan to walk across it (2 Kg 2:8); Jesus walked on water (Mk 6:48-50)
Fasted for 40 days and nights: Elijah at Mount Horeb (Sinai) (1 Kg 19:8); Jesus in the wilderness (Mt 4:1-2)
Went up into heaven: Elijah assumed by God's power (2 Kg 2:11); Jesus ascended by his own power (Mk 16:19)