2 Kings 2:23 – He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” 24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
Elisha, the prophet of God, gets mocked outside of the city by a multitude of people, so the prophet curses them and as a result they are mauled and ripped to shreds.
Jesus, The Prophet of God, gets mocked outside of the city by a multitude of people, so The Prophet blesses them and as a result He Himself gets mauled and ripped to shreds.
Lamentations 3:8 – Though I call and cry for help, He shuts out My prayer; 9 He has blocked My ways with blocks of stones; He has made My paths crooked. 10 He is a bear lying in wait for Me, a lion in hiding; 11 He turned aside My steps and tore Me to pieces; He has made Me desolate.
Psalm 22:1 – My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from saving Me, so far from My cries of anguish?
Hebrews 13:12 – And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His own blood.
Luke 23:34 – And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
2 Kings 2:25 – From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
At the end of this story, 42 boys die then elisha ascends up the mountain.
At the end of 42 months (3.5 years), Jesus dies then ascends up to heaven.
Jesus > elisha