22And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, …
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-24)We have here a further recompence made to the widow for her kindness to the prophet; as if it were a small thing to be kept alive, her son, when dead, is restored to life, and so restored to her. Observe, I. The sickness and death of the child. For aught that appears he was her only son, the comfort of her widowed estate. He was fed miraculously, and yet that did not secure him from sickness and d…
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