2 Kings 2:16
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
Cross-references
In Ezekiel 3:14, the Spirit likewise lifts and takes the prophet away, echoing Elijah's mysterious transportation.
Ezekiel 8:3 describes the Spirit lifting Ezekiel by his hair and transporting him in visions, a strong parallel to the Spirit's action on Elijah.
Ezekiel 11:24 recounts the Spirit taking Ezekiel up and bringing him in a vision, mirroring the Spirit's carrying of Elijah.
Acts 8:39 records the Spirit catching Philip away, directly mirroring Elijah's removal by the Spirit.
Ezekiel 3:12 says the Spirit took him up, directly echoing the Spirit's lifting of Elijah.
Ezekiel 11:1 records the Spirit lifting Ezekiel and bringing him to the east gate, another parallel to the Spirit's transport of Elijah.
Ezekiel 37:1 says the hand of the Lord carried him out in the Spirit, similar to the Spirit carrying Elijah away.
In Ezekiel 43:5, the Spirit lifts and transports the prophet to the temple — mirroring the Spirit's power to carry Elijah away.
In Hebrews 11:5, Enoch was taken up by God — a direct parallel to Elijah's being taken by the Spirit.
In Revelation 17:3, John is carried away in the Spirit to see a vision — similar to the Spirit's transport of Elijah.
In Revelation 21:10, John is carried in the Spirit to a mountain to see the New Jerusalem — echoes the Spirit's possible carrying Elijah to a mountain.
In Matthew 4:1, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness — a similar divine leading, though for temptation rather than removal.