Claims of resurrection—where a person is said to have died and then come back to life—appear in many cultures, religions, and historical accounts. While it's impossible to count every claimed instance throughout history due to folklore, mythology, religious texts, and modern miracle reports, we can group and highlight notable examples:

🕊️ Religious and Mythological Resurrections

Christianity

• Jesus Christ – Central to Christian belief. Claimed to have risen on the third day after crucifixion.

• Lazarus of Bethany – Raised by Jesus after four days in the tomb (John 11).

• Many saints – Various accounts in Christian hagiography describe saints raising others from the dead or being resurrected themselves (e.g., St. Peter raised Tabitha in Acts 9:36–42).

Judaism

• Old Testament Prophets – Elijah and Elisha are both credited with raising people from the dead (e.g., 1 Kings 17:17–24, 2 Kings 4:32–37).

Islam

• Jesus (Isa) – Believed to have performed resurrections by the will of Allah. Some interpretations claim he wasn’t crucified but taken alive to heaven.

Hinduism

• Various figures – Gods and sages (e.g., Krishna, Shiva, and others) perform or experience resurrection or reincarnation in various myths.

Other Mythologies

• Osiris (Egyptian) – God of the afterlife, resurrected by Isis.

• Dionysus (Greek) – Killed and brought back to life.

• Baldur (Norse) – Prophesied to return after Ragnarök.

• 🕊️ Religious and Mythological Resurrections

  Christianity

• Jesus Christ – Central to Christian belief. Claimed to have risen on the third day after crucifixion.

• Lazarus of Bethany – Raised by Jesus after four days in the tomb (John 11).

• Many saints – Various accounts in Christian hagiography describe saints raising others from the dead or being resurrected themselves (e.g., St. Peter raised Tabitha in Acts 9:36–42).

Judaism

• Old Testament Prophets – Elijah and Elisha are both credited with raising people from the dead (e.g., 1 Kings 17:17–24, 2 Kings 4:32–37).

Islam

• Jesus (Isa) – Believed to have performed resurrections by the will of Allah. Some interpretations claim he wasn’t crucified but taken alive to heaven.

Hinduism

• Various figures – Gods and sages (e.g., Krishna, Shiva, and others) perform or experience resurrection or reincarnation in various myths.

Other Mythologies

• Osiris (Egyptian) – God of the afterlife, resurrected by Isis.

• Dionysus (Greek) – Killed and brought back to life.

• Baldur (Norse) – Prophesied to return after Ragnarök.

Historical and Folk Claims

• St. Patrick – Said to have raised 33 people from the dead in Irish Christian tradition.

• St. Francis Xavier – Attributed with at least one resurrection.

• Modern Miracle Claims – In Pentecostal/Charismatic circles, especially in Africa, South America, and parts of Asia, there are contemporary claims of resurrection during healing revivals or prayer services.

  Example:

  • Pastor Alph Lukau (South Africa, 2019) claimed to raise a man from the dead in a viral video—later widely debunked.

  ⚰️ Medical "Resurrections" (Clinical Death to Recovery)

• These are not spiritual resurrections, but rather cases of people who were clinically dead (no heartbeat, no breath) and revived by CPR or defibrillation:

  • Tony Cicoria – Struck by lightning, flatlined, revived, and later reported a mystical experience.

  • Pam Reynolds – Famous near-death experience during brain surgery.

  • Numerous cases from modern emergency medicine, sometimes after 10–30 minutes of cardiac arrest

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    🧮 Estimate of Total Claims

    There’s no definitive count, but a conservative estimate might suggest:

  • Dozens of prominent claims across religious texts.

  • Hundreds to thousands in hagiographic and folkloric traditions.

  • Thousands of modern anecdotal reports, mostly in religious or revival contexts.

  • Tens of thousands of medical near-death or revival cases (though not considered true resurrection in the supernatural sense).

  Great! Here's a categorized table summarizing notable resurrection or raising-from-the-dead claims across history, religion, and folklore. I’ve grouped them by type (religious, mythological, historical, modern medical, etc.) for clarity.

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