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When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul.
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A Genuine and Shocking Event
All commentators agree that the medium was genuinely shocked and terrified by what appeared. Her cry of alarm indicates that this was not her usual conjuring trick or a fraudulent performance. Scholars like Barnes and Henry emphasize that the real spirit of Samuel appeared, an event the woman did not expect and could not control, showing a divine intervention in her ritual.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is clear both that Samuel's appearance was real and that the woman was utterly unprepared for it.
Why have you deceived me... — …
19th Century
Anglican
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice. —Nothing is clearer from the narration than that the woman of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the woman saw Samuel The appearance of him whom she took for Samuel; no mention is made of the methods she …
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