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Prophets Aren't Magicians
Commentators explain that the messenger's plea reveals a common but flawed belief: that prophets could influence or manipulate God to produce a desired outcome. This view treats a prophet like a magician who can bend divine will, rather than as a faithful mouthpiece for God's unchangeable word.
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1 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 22:13
18th Century
Theologian
And the messenger spoke to him... - There seems to have been a widespread notion among the irreligious and the half-religious of the ancient…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 22:13
19th Century
Bishop
Observe now. —In the whole history, as especially in the words of the officer, there is evidence of the strange confusion of ideas…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 22:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to
him
By the way, as they ca…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 22:1–14
17th Century
Minister
The same easygoing nature, which leads some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, makes it very dangerous for them. …