23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-25)Nathan, having delivered his message, staid not at court, but went home, probably to pray for David, to whom he had been preaching. God, in making use of him as an instrument to bring David to repentance, and as the herald both of mercy and judgment, put an honour upon the ministry, and magnified his word above all his name . David named one of his sons by Bath-sheba Nathan , in honour of this pro…
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