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please run now to meet her, and ask her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? She answered, It is well.
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A Declaration of Faith
Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry view the woman's response, 'It is well,' not as a denial of her tragedy, but as a heroic declaration of faith. Even with her son dead, she trusted that all God does is ultimately good. This demonstrates a profound belief in God's sovereignty, offering a powerful model for believers facing affliction.
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2 Kings
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19th Century
Anglican
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her. —This perhaps indicates the respect in which Elisha held the Shunammite. But it may de…
Baptist
It is heroic faith when we can feel that, if the child should die, it is well; if this husband should die, it is well; and if we ourselves should d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Run now, I pray you, to meet her In respect to her, and to know the occasion of her coming; something is the cause o…
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Presbyterian
Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But …
