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Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.
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Faith in Action
Commentator Charles Spurgeon observes that Elijah was a man of few words but mighty deeds. His simple statement, "See, thy son liveth," was preceded by the powerful act of bringing the living child to his mother. This illustrates that faith is often demonstrated more powerfully through action than through elaborate speech.
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19th Century
Baptist
Elijah was never a man of many words; he was a prophet mighty in deeds; he said little, but what he did spoke loudly.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house Bei…
Presbyterian
Neither faith nor obedience shuts out afflictions and death. The child being dead, the mother spoke to the prophet, rather to give vent to her sorr…