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Pastor Alph Lukau has been criticized for performing a 'resurrection' JOHANNESBURG - The Johannesburg pastor at the centre of the controversial 'resurrection' video said he knew that the man in the coffin was alive, but he continued to pray for him in thanks to God.  The video, which went viral on social media, shows Pastor Alph Lukau praying over a man's body in a coffin.  "You can see he is breathing ...He died since Friday. He was in a mortuary ... Rise up!", Lukau commanded in the video.  The man was then seen sitting up in the coffin, as if he had been raised from the dead.  In an interview on PowerFM Lukau said he knew the man was breathing but prayed over the coffin, rejoicing that the man was alive once again.  "The mere fact that this person was alive nor not alive does not stop the prayer to go on ... I can safely say that I did not pray to resurrect the person. I do not want to take that credit." Luka...

Alleluia Ministries pastor Alph Lukau has been dominating headlines since Sunday, when a video of him "resurrecting" a man first went viral.  The alleged brother and landlord of the "deceased" man, identified as "Elliot", confirmed that he had died on Friday after a short illnesses. In a scene from the video, the alleged family said Elliot died after he had been taken to several doctors. The video posted on Lukau's YouTube channel from his Sunday service shows a hearse with the "dead" man who is to be "resurrected". Two women are standing close to the coffin, crying over the "death" of the man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHx6LCM5h1o In the background, the church choir sings: "Receive your miracle, god is a god of now now." After Lukau places his hands on the man's coffin and his body, Elliot miraculously "wakes up", with his mouth wide open.