The Elijah/Elisha Cycle and Jesus

ELIJAH -- associated w/ drought, fire; usually worked alone; often associated with mountains: worked miracles as follows:
food (2)
resurrection (1)
others, involving fire (3)
TOTAL: 6
ELISHA -- associated w/ famine, water; worked with his servant and with students; often associated with rivers: worked miracles as follows:
food (4)
resurrection (2)
others, involving water (3)
others, healings (2) others (1)
TOTAL: 12
JESUS -- associated w/ feeding, water; worked with his students; often associated with mountains: worked miracles as follows:
food (2)
resurrection (2)
others, involving water (2)
others, healings (11) others (1)
TOTAL: 18

In addition, each placed a curse.

In the table below, the miracles are represented by the following background colors:
Blue = Water miracle
Green = Food miracle (includes oil)
Gray = Healing
Brown = Resurrection
Yellow = Other miracle
Purple = Places a curse

Jesus' are all taken from Mark's version.

ELIJAH ELISHA JESUS
17:1-7 Drought prophesied; E. hides alone at Brook Kerith 2:1-18 He follows Elijah into trans-Jordanian area (spurning prophetic students); parts the waters 1:21-28 Casts Out Spirits in the Temple Court
17:8-16 Widow of Zarephath: neverending meal and oil supplied
(double miracle) 2:19-22 Healing of Jericho's water 1:29-34 Healing of Simon's Mother-in-Law
17:17-24 Widow's son resurrected 2:23-25 Cursing of the juvenile delinquents at Bethel 1:40-45 Cleansing of a Leper
18:1-19 Elijah meets Obadiah and King Ahab 3:1-27 Elisha's prophecy about water in Moab 2:1-12 Healing of a Paralyzed Man
4:1-7 Multiplying the oil of a widow (originally a student's wife) 3:13-19 Jesus sends out his students
4:35-41 Calming of a Storm
18:20-46 Contest on mount Carmel: fire from the sky 4:8-37 Shunammite's son resurrected 5:1-20 Healing of "Legion"
19:1-18 Hiding alone at Horeb, "God's mountain" 4:38-41 Poisonous stew of the students purified 5:21f. Jairus' daughter resurrected
19:19-21 Call of Elisha -- placing his mantle on him 4:42-44 Bread multiplied 5:21-43 Healing of hemorrhaging woman
5:1-27 Naaman from Aram healed of leprosy (Jordan River); Gehazi, Elisha's servant,afflicted instead 6:7-13 Jesus' students heal
21:1-28 Naboth's vineyard: a curse on Ahab and Jezebel 6:1-7 Makes axe float in the Jordan River
(axe used by the students) 6:30-44 Feeding of the 5000
2 Kgs 1:1-18 E. calls down fire from the sky on Israelite soldiers (Elijah on top of a hill) 6:8-23 Arameans' plot Elisha foiled
Gehazi, Elisha's servant, sees the heavenly armies; Arameans blinded 6:45-56 Jesus walks on water (after going to mountain); results in healings.
6:24-7:20 Miraculous sounds lift the siege of Samaria 7:24-30 Healing of gentile woman's daughter
2:1-18 E. ascends into the sky; chariots and horses of fire (seemingly wishes to be alone) 8:1-6 The Shunammite's land restored from famine 8:22-26 Two-Stage healing of a blind man
8:7-15 Prophecy; Hazael becomes king of Aram 9:1-13 The Transformation
9:1-10:35 Yehu anointed as king of Israel, slaughtering Ba'al's prophets; Jezebel killed 9:14-30 Healing of mute and possessed boy; lesson about trust for the students
13:14-21 Death of Elisha -- a second resurrection at his grave 10:46-52 Healing of blind Bar-Timaeus
11:12-14 Cursing of the fig tree
16:1ff. Jesus raised from the dead

ELIJAH		ELISHA		JESUS
17:1-7	Drought prophesied; E. hides alone at Brook Kerith	2:1-18	He follows Elijah into trans-Jordanian area (spurning prophetic students); parts the waters	1:21-28	Casts Out Spirits in the Temple Court
17:8-16	Widow of Zarephath: neverending meal and oil supplied (double miracle)	2:19-22	Healing of Jericho's water	1:29-34	Healing of Simon's Mother-in-Law
17:17-24	Widow's son resurrected	2:23-25	Cursing of the juvenile delinquents at Bethel	1:40-45	Cleansing of a Leper
18:1-19	Elijah meets Obadiah and King Ahab	3:1-27	Elisha's prophecy about water in Moab	2:1-12	Healing of a Paralyzed Man
18:1-19	Elijah meets Obadiah and King Ahab	4:1-7	Multiplying the oil of a widow (originally a student's wife)	3:13-19	Jesus sends out his students
				4:35-41	Calming of a Storm
18:20-46	Contest on mount Carmel: fire from the sky	4:8-37	Shunammite's son resurrected	5:1-20	Healing of "Legion"
19:1-18	Hiding alone at Horeb, "God's mountain"	4:38-41	Poisonous stew of the students purified	5:21f.	Jairus' daughter resurrected
19:19-21	Call of Elisha -- placing his mantle on him	4:42-44	Bread multiplied	5:21-43	Healing of hemorrhaging woman
19:19-21	Call of Elisha -- placing his mantle on him	5:1-27	Naaman from Aram healed of leprosy (Jordan River); Gehazi, Elisha's servant,afflicted instead	6:7-13	Jesus' students heal
21:1-28	Naboth's vineyard: a curse on Ahab and Jezebel	6:1-7	Makes axe float in the Jordan River (axe used by the students)	6:30-44	Feeding of the 5000
2 Kgs 1:1-18	E. calls down fire from the sky on Israelite soldiers (Elijah on top of a hill)	6:8-23	Arameans' plot Elisha foiled Gehazi, Elisha's servant, sees the heavenly armies; Arameans blinded	6:45-56	Jesus walks on water (after going to mountain); results in healings.
2 Kgs 1:1-18		6:24-7:20	Miraculous sounds lift the siege of Samaria	7:24-30	Healing of gentile woman's daughter
2:1-18	E. ascends into the sky; chariots and horses of fire (seemingly wishes to be alone)	8:1-6	The Shunammite's land restored from famine	8:22-26	Two-Stage healing of a blind man
		8:7-15	Prophecy; Hazael becomes king of Aram	9:1-13	The Transformation
		9:1-10:35	Yehu anointed as king of Israel, slaughtering Ba'al's prophets; Jezebel killed	9:14-30	Healing of mute and possessed boy; lesson about trust for the students
		13:14-21	Death of Elisha -- a second resurrection at his grave	10:46-52	Healing of blind Bar-Timaeus
				11:12-14	Cursing of the fig tree
				16:1ff.	Jesus raised from the dead