Coma

The ancients believed that the soul could leave the body in various ways, as in coma 86:5.4-8

The Jews were in the habit of burying their dead on the day of their demise; this was a necessary practice in such a warm climate. It often happened that they put in the tomb one who was merely comatose, so that on the second or even the third day, such a one would come forth from the tomb 167:4.3

The daughter of Jairus of Capernaum, who was believed to have resurrected Jesus, was actually in a coma after a prolonged fever 152:1.2

the son of the widow of Nain was another case of supposed healing of Jesus in which the child was not really dead, but in a coma 146:6.2-3

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Tarries two days in Philadelphia 167:4.3 — Jn 11:6.
• Tell no man 152:1.2 — Mk 5:43; Lk 8:56.
• The widow's son 146:6.2 — Lk 7:11-15.

Where it appears

Coma is linked in 1 paragraph of the text.