Ezekiel 37:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Cross-reference
In 1 Samuel 2:6, Hannah declares God brings death and life — directly affirming God's power to make dry bones live.
In John 5:21, Jesus has the power to give life — the reality foreshadowed by Ezekiel's vision of dry bones.
In John 11:25, Jesus declares himself the resurrection — the ultimate answer to whether dry bones can live.
In Acts 26:8, Paul asks why anyone doubts God raises the dead — echoing the same question posed to Ezekiel.
In Romans 4:17, Paul says God gives life to the dead — the same power tested by the dry bones question.
In 2 Corinthians 1:9, Paul relies on God who raises the dead — the same trust Ezekiel shows in answering 'you know'.
In Luke 7:14, Jesus raises a widow's son, demonstrating the very power that Ezekiel's question ponders — God's authority to give life to the dead.
John 11:44 shows Jesus commanding Lazarus to come forth, a concrete fulfillment of the resurrection power that Ezekiel's vision symbolizes.
1 Corinthians 15:35 asks 'How are the dead raised?' — the same core question as Ezekiel's 'Can these bones live?', directly linking the two.
Hebrews 11:19 affirms God's ability to raise the dead, directly mirroring the faith behind Ezekiel's question about dry bones living.