raise from the dead

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And if you could choose one other recent classic to raise from the dead, what would it be?

From Time • Aug. 24, 2012

On that day, through the eyes of a child he tries to raise from the dead, Satan stares at him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirty and three dead men, some of whom had many years been buried, did this great reviver raise from the dead, as above we have more fully recorded.

From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by O'Leary, James

He says, they had discovered a plain cheat in the case of Lazarus, whom Christ had pretended to raise from the dead; and therefore they took all this care to guard against a like cheat.

From Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus by Sherlock, Thomas

It was the home of "a certain disciple named Tabitha," whom Peter was called from Lydda to raise from the dead.

From A Trip Abroad by Janes, Don Carlos