The New Testament tells us that in the time of his ministry Jesus is said to have raised only three people from the "dead". The child mortality rate must have been high in 1st century Palestine so why only three?
If we are to take the gospels in order as presented in the New Testament, the first recorded instance come in the gospel of Mark 5:35-43 NIV
In this version a Pharisee named Jairus in Galilee a synagogue leader's daughter has "died" and said to be only 12 years old. Jesus is said to have simply took her hand , told her to "get up" and she was alive again.
In Luke's gospel it is a Galilean widow living in Nain. Her son that was ready for burial. Jesus simply told him to "get up" too and he was alive again. Luke 7:11-15.
Then in John's gospel we are told of Lazarus of Bethany in Galilee and a friend of Jesus had died. He was simply told by Jesus to "come out" of his tomb after being "dead" for 4 days. John 11:1-44
So what was so special (if anything) about these three particular "corpses" that they were important to be raised from the"dead"?
