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A Glimpse of Jesus
Multiple commentators point out that Elisha's act of presenting the revived son to his mother prefigures Jesus' own miracle. When Jesus raised the widow's son at Nain, He "gave him to his mother" (Luke 7:15). Elisha's simple command, "Take up your son," is a powerful foreshadowing of Christ's authority over death.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 4:36
18th Century
Theologian
Take up your son — Compare Elijah’s action and our Blessed Lord’s (Luke 7:15).
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 4:36
19th Century
Bishop
Take up your son. —So our Lord delivered to his mother the young man whom He raised from death by His word ([Ref…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 4:35–37
19th Century
Preacher
Her heart was too full for speech just then, so she took up her son, and went out.
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 4:36
17th Century
Pastor
And he called Gehazi, and said, call this Shunammite
To come up to the chamber to him:
so he call…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 4:18–37
17th Century
Minister
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 …