 | M. E. Walrath - 1868 - 654 pages
...and he spake the vision unto Elisha, saying, Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away. 50. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me ; and Elijah said, Thou hast asked of me a hard thing ; nevertheless, if I can return to thee, it shall be... | |
 | Hugh Taylor Howat - 1868 - 328 pages
...prophet now, but not a moment after he had gone away. The reply of Elisha has been much misunderstood: ' And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.' As early as the days of Theodoret these words were interpreted, ' Let a gift of the spirit of prophecy... | |
 | 1868 - 396 pages
...plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance when it was weary. — Ps. Ixviii. 9. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.— 2 Kings ii. 9. Make thy face to shine npon thy servant.— Pe. xxxi. 16. Now I will not be unto this... | |
 | Joseph Fernandez - 1868 - 278 pages
...went over on dry ground. Elisha consecrated. — Then Elijah said to Elisha: " Ask what I shall do for thee." And Elisha said : " I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit rest upon me." And Elijah said : " Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me, when... | |
 | Charles William Boase - 1868 - 762 pages
...said unto Elisha, A sk what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, 1 pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me (ver. 9). And it was so ; for, when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1869 - 452 pages
...SERMON XIII. ELISHA A TYPE OF CHRIST AND HIS FOLLOWERS. (Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.) 2 Kings ii. 9. "And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me" 164 SERMON XIV. THE CHRISTIAN CHUHCH A CONTINUATION OF THE JEWISH. lEsaiai) xxxvii. 31. " The remnant... | |
 | Matilda Horsburgh, M. H. - 1869 - 306 pages
...in his stead, and a double portion of Elijah's spirit is given to him, in answer to his request : " I pray thee, let a double portion of thy Spirit be upon me." I have given you this short account of these prophets, because the next two narratives are so closely... | |
 | Edmund Hamilton Sears - 1870 - 364 pages
...it ; hold ye your peace." In view of the solemn parting which was soon to take place, Elijah says to Elisha, " Ask what I shall do for thee, before I-...I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be \ipon me" ; that is, I pray that I may receive in the fullest sense thine own special endowments. The... | |
 | 1870 - 244 pages
...17 ; I's. 104 : 4. 3Ch. 13 : 14. ask for his last wish. One only gift was in Ellsha's mind to ask, " I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me, the right of thy first-born son." It was a hard thing that he had asked. But it was granted, on one... | |
 | 1917 - 1166 pages
...they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee.' And Elisha said: 'I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.' 10And he said: 'Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee,... | |
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And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 
