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He said to him, Didn`t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
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You Can't Hide from God
Commentators explain that Elisha's phrase "Went not my heart with thee?" signifies his prophetic, spiritual awareness of Gehazi's deceit. He saw everything as if he were there. This serves as a powerful reminder, as one scholar notes, that we can never truly hide our sins. Our conscience and, more importantly, the all-seeing eye of God are always with us, making secret sin an illusion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Went not mine heart with thee? - that is, “Was I not with you in spirit? Did I not see the whole transaction, as if I had been present at …
19th Century
Anglican
Went not mine heart ... meet thee? — Rather, Nor did my heart (that is, consciousness) go away, when a man turned (and al…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto him, did not my heart go with you ? &c.] Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what you have d…
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