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restore

(Renew), verb ameliorate, amend, correct, cure, doctor up, energize, fix, heal, improve, make better, make whole, meliorate, mend, patch, patch up, put in order, put in repair, put right, reanimate, rearrange, rebuild, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recreate, rectify, redo, refashion, refit, reform, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remake, remedy, renovate, reorganize, repair, restitute, resuscitate, retouch, revive, revivify

restore

(Return), verb atone, bring back, give back, hand back, indemnify, make amends, make good, make reparation, make restitution, put back, recompense, recoup, reddere, redeem, redress, reestablish, referre, refund, reinstall, reinstate, reinvest with, remit, render up, repay, replace, revest, satisfy, send back
Associated concepts: restore to one's former position, reetored to possession
Foreign phrases: Reddere, nil aliud est quam acceptum restituere; seu, reddere est quasi retro dare, et redditur dicitur a redeundo, quia retro it.To render is nothing more than to restore that which has been received; or, to render is as it were to give back, and it is called “rendering” from “returning”, because it goes back again.

TO RESTORE. To return what has been unjustly taken; to place the owner of a thing in the state in which he formerly was. By restitution is understood not only the return of the thing itself, but all its accessories. It is to return the thing and its fruits. Dig. 60, 16, 35, 75 et 246, Sec. 1.

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The episodes are linguistically and symbolically interwoven, and in interpreting them the point is not so much to see the three characters as one but rather to perceive the connection between the divine power operative through Jesus to heal and restore in Galilee and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.