2 Kings 4:31
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
Cross-reference
2 Kings 8:1 refers back to this same woman and her restored son, showing Elisha's ongoing care and the lasting impact of the miracle.
Job 14:12 describes death as a sleep from which one does not awake until the end — contrasting with the child who will soon be awakened by Elisha.
In Matthew 17:16-21, the disciples fail to heal a boy — similar to Gehazi's failed attempt to revive with the staff.
Mark 5:39 uses the same 'sleep' euphemism for death — Jesus declares the girl asleep and then raises her, echoing Elisha's miracle.
In Mark 9:19-29, the disciples cannot cast out a demon — mirroring Gehazi's inability to awaken the boy.
John 11:11 uses the same 'sleep' metaphor — Jesus says Lazarus sleeps and he will awaken him, just as Elisha later awakens the child.
John 11:43 shows Jesus calling Lazarus from the tomb — a greater miracle than Elisha's raising, which required physical contact and prayer.
In Acts 19:13-17, sons of Sceva try to exorcise using Jesus' name but fail — like Gehazi using Elisha's staff without effect.
Luke 9:40 records the disciples' failure to cast out a demon — just as Gehazi failed to raise the child, both require the master's direct intervention.
Daniel 12:2 foretells a future resurrection of the dead who 'awake' — this child's awakening prefigures that ultimate resurrection.
John 11:44 shows Lazarus emerging from the tomb — the successful resurrection contrasts with Gehazi's failed attempt with the staff.
In 1 Kings 18:26, Baal's prophets get no answer from their god — parallel to Gehazi getting no response from the boy.
In 1 Kings 18:26, the futile calls to Baal echo Gehazi's powerless attempt to revive the boy with the staff.