Were the similarities between the miracles of Elisha and Jesus deliberate or simply coincidental? I have often wondered if God deliberately intended for the miracles of Elisha to be a preview of the miracles our Savior would perform, as a way of verification of Jesus Deity.



Elisha brought the dead son of the Shunammite back to life in 2 Kings 4:33 thru 35.
Jesus brought the daughter of a certain ruler back to life in Matthew 9:24 and 25, and also Lazarus in John 11:43.  


Both were preceded by a prayer.

Elisha turned a small amount of oil into an abundance in 2 Kings 4:1-7.
Jesus turned water into wine in John 2:1-10.


Elisha turned poison stew into good stew to feed a hungry group in 2 Kings 4:38-41, and fed a hundred men with twenty barley loaves and a few ears of corn in 2 Kings 4:42 and 43.
Jesus fed 4,000 with a few fishes and loaves in Matthew 14:15-20, and 5,000 in Luke 16 and 17.


Elisha cured Naaman of Leprosy in 2 Kings 5:1-14.
Jesus cured 10 lepers in Luke 17:11-19.


Elisha made an iron axe head float in 2 Kings 6:5-7.
Jesus made himself and Peter to walk on water in John 6:19 and 20, and in Matthew 14:25-29.



It seems to me that these miracles are too uncommonly alike to be merely coincidental. Have any prominent theologians or teachers made the same connection?
Two salient facts should inform the reasoning:


At the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus was shown to be in league with the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah).  
Elisha had asked to receive a "double share" of Elijah's gifts - and that was granted.  Elisha performed many of the same miracles that had accompanied Elijah's ministry.


Jesus, then, was shown to be a prophet performing the same miracles as a prophet. That these miracles were similar would have the effect of showing that Jesus was fully a prophet (in addition to being fully the lawgiver and fully God) in a way that would have made sense to those who already knew the works and role of the prophets from the Ketuv'im.