Ethiopian Preacher Arrested After Failing to Raise Man From Dead

A self-proclaimed Ethiopia prophet who convinced family members to dig up the body of a recently deceased man, only for him to fail in resurrecting him, has been arrested following outrage by the relatives.  The preacher, Getayawkal Ayele, was attempting to recreate Jesus Christ’s resurrection of

Lazarus, as found in the Bible, when he lay on top of the diseased man, Belay Biftu, shouting “Belay, wake up,” as reported by BBC News. Ayele was unable to resurrect the man, and several family members fainted at the scene while others attacked him, outraged over what had happened. The police then arrived and arrested the prophet, saving him from the crowd at the same time. READ MORE