And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The object of Elijah’s irony was twofold:

  1. To stimulate the priests to greater exertions and thus make their failure more complete.
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Elijah mocked them. —The mockery of Elijah—apparently even blunter and more scornful in the original sense—has been explained with…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For he meant this day to prove that God was God of the twelve tribes — not of himself and his tribe, but of all the families of Israel.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And it came to pa at noon
When they had been from the time of the morning sacrifice until now invoking their deity t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Many of the people wavered in their judgment and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the sel…

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