<p>20:10 <i>But Paul went down and b<em>ent over him, and embracing him</em></i>- In conscious imitation of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34).&nbsp; &quot;Bent over&quot; is literally &quot;fell on him&quot; (AV) or 'stretched upon him'. Paul was clearly imitating Elisha's resurrection of the Shunammite's son (2 Kings 4:33-35)</p><p><em>Said: Don't be alarmed</em>- Using the same word, in the same context, as the Lord Jesus in Mk. 5:39: &quot;Why make you a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeps... immediately the girl got up and began walking... and they were immediately overcome with amazement&quot;. We see here how Paul had so absorbed the Gospel accounts into his very being, so that his actions were a reflection of the One recounted there, the One Paul so admired and sought to imitate. And in that we see a pattern for ourselves in our Christ-focused Christianity.</p><p><em>For his life is in him</em>- The Greek in :9 means that he really was dead. So seeing there is no 'immortal soul', Paul presumably meant that the source of new life was within the dead man, i.e. because of his faith, Paul would raise him from the dead. Paul's confident statement that &quot;his life is in him&quot; was presumably uttered in faith. We can only speculate whether the miracle&nbsp;</p>