10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
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And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. …
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-12)Here, I. Elijah makes his will, and leaves Elisha his heir, now anointing him to be prophet in his room, more than when he cast his mantle upon him , 1 Kgs. 19:19. 1. Elijah, being greatly pleased with the constancy of Elisha’s affection and attendance, bade him ask what he should do for him, what blessing he should leave him at parting; he does not say (as bishop Hall observes), “ Ask of me when…
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