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It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened.
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A God Who Sleeps?
Commentators explain that Elijah's mockery exposes the fundamental flaw of idols. By suggesting Baal might be busy, traveling, or even sleeping, Elijah uses biting sarcasm to highlight the absurd, human-like limitations of false gods. Scholars note that pagan gods in ancient literature were often depicted this way. This stands in stark contrast to the one true God, who, as Psalm 121 says, 'neither slumbers nor sleeps.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The object of Elijah’s irony was twofold:
19th Century
Anglican
Elijah mocked them. —The mockery of Elijah—apparently even blunter and more scornful in the original sense—has been explained with…
Baptist
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.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass at noon When they had been from the time of the morning sacrifice until now invoking their deity…
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…
