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He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
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God's Power, Human Means
Commentators agree that the child's revival was a direct miracle from God. Elisha's physical actions—lying on the child, mouth-to-mouth—were not a magical formula but the physical means God used. Scholars like John Gill clarify that the warmth wasn't from Elisha's body but was the sign of life being divinely infused back into the child, demonstrating God working through the tangible, obedient actions of his prophet.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He stretched himself - Or, “prostrated himself.” The word is a different one from that used of Elijah and expresses closer contact with the …
19th Century
Anglican
He went up. —Upon the bed (2 Kings 1:6).
And lay upon the child. —Compare to [Reference 1 King…
Baptist
And he arose, and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, no…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he went up To the bed, which was on an ascent in the chamber, (See Gill on 2 Kings 1:4) and…
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 …
