 | Sarah Lawrence - 1844 - 294 pages
...favour from him, saying, " Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken from thee ; " and Elisha said, " I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit...be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so." M And it came to pass, as they still walked on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of... | |
 | David Friedrich Strauss - 1844 - 416 pages
...of his spirit upon him, the prophet caused the granting of his prayer to depend upon this condition, "if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; bnt if not, it shall not be so." This may canse us to comprehend how Lake, (Acts. i. 9) has attached... | |
 | 1844 - 994 pages
...from thee. And Eliseus said : I beseech thee that in me may be thy double spirit. 10 And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken from tbee,thoushalthavewhat thou hast asked: but if thou see me not, thou shall not have it. 11 And as they... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1844 - 460 pages
...ELISHA A TYPE OF CHRIST AND HIS FOLLOWERS. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. 2 KIKGS ii. 9. — "And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." . .... 150 SERMON XIV. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A CONTINUATION OF THE JEWISH. ISAIAH xxxvii. 31. — "... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...bit upon me. lie said, Thou hast, asked a hard thing; )icvcrthcle$tj if tbou see me u>//<:/t / «?n , and the carved images, and the molten images, ie brake ahalHiot he *<;. li Aiul it came to pa&a, as they still went on, and talked, that, bdio-ld, c/if >v... | |
 | 1844 - 524 pages
...can ; and no one supposes that when Elisha said to his master, just as he was about to leave him, " 1 pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me," that he expected the soul of Elijah would pass into him. In the llth chapter of St. Matthew, we read... | |
 | Retrospect - 1845 - 390 pages
...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 so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire,... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...he upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast naked a hard thing: и evert heless, if thou see me when lam 11 And it cnme to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1846 - 504 pages
...promises the grant of so great a request, suspended yet upon the condition of Elisha's eye-sight. " If thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be." What are the eyes to the furniture of the soul ? What power is there in those vissive beams to draw... | |
 | David Friedrich Strauss - 1846 - 470 pages
...Elijah attaches to the concession of this boon the condition : if thou see me when I am taken from ttoe, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so ; whence we might perhaps gather the reason why Luke " This is also Ease's opinion, LJ § 1 50. 14... | |
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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. 
