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Your comment about the tree sent me to the Aramaic version that reads. "And the prophet of God said to him, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place.
And he cut off a stick and thrust it in there; and it stuck in the hole of the axe head. And he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand and took it.
(With this version, it would have been a long stick or the axe head was fairly close to the shore). Either way, effort was required.
Jean Cheetham [Moorestown New Jersey (US)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Jean
In Ch. 5 we saw the King of Aram giving his army commander, Naaman, permission to travel to Israel in search of a cure for his leprosy. Naaman was successfully cured by the intervention of Elisha and returned home a believer in Yahweh (5:18).
Yet now in Ch. 6, we see Aram at war with Israel. I suspect that the King of Aram in Ch. 5 is not the same king in Ch. 6. It would seem unlikely that Naaman would have lead the army against Israel. The span of time covering 2 Kings Chs. 1-13 is fifty years (850-800 BC). And so, the time difference between the events of Ch. 5 and Ch. 6 could have allowed for much change.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to Michael
Why did Benhadad send an army at night with horses and chariots to capture one man (Elisha)?
Possible answer: Because he was scared of Elisha’s power and knew that he would need a larger power to overcome Elisha’s God - as though Yahweh was great, but limited, in power.
Why did Benhadad attack Israel – seems unprovoked.
Possible answer: Benhadad wants to overcome the shame of his defeat against Ahab, Jehoram’s father, whereby he surrendered territory to Israel (1 Kings 20:1,26-30)
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. And the sons <1121> of the prophets <5030> said <559>(8799) unto <6440> Elisha <477>, Behold now, the place <4725> where we dwell <3427>(8802) with thee is too strait <6862> for us.
2. Let us go <3212>(8799), we pray thee, unto Jordan <3383>, and take <3947>(8799) thence every man <376> a <259> beam <6982>, and let us make <6213>(8799) us a place <4725> there, where we may dwell <3427>(8800). And he answered <559>(8799), Go <3212>(8798) ye.
3. And one <259> said <559>(8799), Be content <2974>(8685), I pray thee, and go <3212>(8798) with thy servants <5650>. And he answered <559>(8799), I will go <3212>(8799).
4. So he went <3212>(8799) with them. And when they came <935>(8799) to Jordan <3383>, they cut down <1504>(8799) wood <6086>.
5. But as one <259> was felling <5307>(8688) a beam <6982>, the axe head <1270> fell <5307>(8804) into the water <4325>: and he cried <6817>(8799), and said <559>(8799), Alas <162>, master <113>! for it was borrowed <7592>(8803).
6. And the man <376> of God <430> said <559>(8799), Where <575> fell <5307>(8804) it? And he shewed <7200>(8686) him the place <4725>. And he cut down <7094>(8799) a stick <6086>, and cast <7993>(8686) it in thither; and the iron <1270> did swim <6687>(8686).
7. Therefore said <559>(8799) he, Take it up <7311>(8685) to thee. And he put out <7971>(8799) his hand <3027>, and took <3947>(8799) it.
8. Then the king <4428> of Syria <758> warred <3898>(8737) against Israel <3478>, and took counsel <3289>(8735) with his servants <5650>, saying <559>(8800), In such <6423> and such <492> a place <4725> shall be my camp <8466>.
9. And the man <376> of God <430> sent <7971>(8799) unto the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), Beware <8104>(8734) that thou pass <5674>(8800) not such <2088> a place <4725>; for thither the Syrians <758> are come down <5185>.
10. And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> sent <7971>(8799) to the place <4725> which the man <376> of God <430> told <559>(8804) him and warned <2094>(8689) him of, and saved <8104>(8738) himself there, not once <259> nor twice <8147>.
11. Therefore the heart <3820> of the king <4428> of Syria <758> was sore troubled <5590>(8735) for this thing <1697>; and he called <7121>(8799) his servants <5650>, and said <559>(8799) unto them, Will ye not shew <5046>(8686) me which of us is for the king <4428> of Israel <3478>?
12. And one <259> of his servants <5650> said <559>(8799), None, my lord <113>, O king <4428>: but Elisha <477>, the prophet <5030> that is in Israel <3478>, telleth <5046>(8686) the king <4428> of Israel <3478> the words <1697> that thou speakest <1696>(8762) in thy bedchamber <2315> <4904>.
13. And he said <559>(8799), Go <3212>(8798) and spy <7200>(8798) where <351> he is, that I may send <7971>(8799) and fetch <3947>(8799) him. And it was told <5046>(8714) him, saying <559>(8800), Behold, he is in Dothan <1886>.
14. Therefore sent <7971>(8799) he thither horses <5483>, and chariots <7393>, and a great <3515> host <2428>: and they came <935>(8799) by night <3915>, and compassed <5362> <0> the city <5892> about <5362>(8686).
15. And when the servant <8334>(8764) of the man <376> of God <430> was risen <6965>(8800) early <7925>(8686), and gone forth <3318>(8799), behold, an host <2428> compassed <5437>(8802) the city <5892> both with horses <5483> and chariots <7393>. And his servant <5288> said <559>(8799) unto him, Alas <162>, my master <113>! how shall we do <6213>(8799)?
16. And he answered <559>(8799), Fear <3372>(8799) not: for they that be with us are more <7227> than they that be with them.
17. And Elisha <477> prayed <6419>(8691), and said <559>(8799), LORD <3068>, I pray thee, open <6491>(8798) his eyes <5869>, that he may see <7200>(8799). And the LORD <3068> opened <6491>(8799) the eyes <5869> of the young man <5288>; and he saw <7200>(8799): and, behold, the mountain <2022> was full <4390>(8804) of horses <5483> and chariots <7393> of fire <784> round about <5439> Elisha <477>.
18. And when they came down <3381>(8799) to him, Elisha <477> prayed <6419>(8691) unto the LORD <3068>, and said <559>(8799), Smite <5221>(8685) this people <1471>, I pray thee, with blindness <5575>. And he smote <5221>(8686) them with blindness <5575> according to the word <1697> of Elisha <477>.
19. And Elisha <477> said <559>(8799) unto them, This is not the way <1870>, neither is this <2090> the city <5892>: follow <3212>(8798) <310> me, and I will bring <3212>(8686) you to the man <376> whom ye seek <1245>(8762). But he led <3212>(8686) them to Samaria <8111>.
20. And it came to pass, when they were come <935>(8800) into Samaria <8111>, that Elisha <477> said <559>(8799), LORD <3068>, open <6491>(8798) the eyes <5869> of these men, that they may see <7200>(8799). And the LORD <3068> opened <6491>(8799) their eyes <5869>, and they saw <7200>(8799); and, behold, they were in the midst <8432> of Samaria <8111>.
21. And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <559>(8799) unto Elisha <477>, when he saw <7200>(8800) them, My father <1>, shall I smite <5221>(8686) them? shall I smite <5221>(8686) them?
22. And he answered <559>(8799), Thou shalt not smite <5221>(8686) them: wouldest thou smite <5221>(8688) those whom thou hast taken captive <7617>(8804) with thy sword <2719> and with thy bow <7198>? set <7760>(8798) bread <3899> and water <4325> before <6440> them, that they may eat <398>(8799) and drink <8354>(8799), and go <3212>(8799) to their master <113>.
23. And he prepared <3739>(8799) great <1419> provision <3740> for them: and when they had eaten <398>(8799) and drunk <8354>(8799), he sent them away <7971>(8762), and they went <3212>(8799) to their master <113>. So the bands <1416> of Syria <758> came <935>(8800) no more <3254>(8804) into the land <776> of Israel <3478>.
24. And it came to pass after this <310>, that Benhadad <1130> king <4428> of Syria <758> gathered <6908>(8799) all his host <4264>, and went up <5927>(8799), and besieged <6696>(8799) Samaria <8111>.
25. And there was a great <1419> famine <7458> in Samaria <8111>: and, behold, they besieged <6696>(8802) it, until an ass's <2543> head <7218> was sold for fourscore <8084> pieces of silver <3701>, and the fourth part <7255> of a cab <6894> of dove's dung <1686>(8675) <3123> <2755> for five <2568> pieces of silver <3701>.
26. And as the king <4428> of Israel <3478> was passing by <5674>(8802) upon the wall <2346>, there cried <6817>(8804) a woman <802> unto him, saying <559>(8800), Help <3467>(8685), my lord <113>, O king <4428>.
27. And he said <559>(8799), If the LORD <3068> do not help <3467>(8686) thee, whence <370> shall I help <3467>(8686) thee? out of the barnfloor <1637>, or out of the winepress <3342>?
28. And the king <4428> said <559>(8799) unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered <559>(8799), This woman <802> said <559>(8804) unto me, Give <5414>(8798) thy son <1121>, that we may eat <398>(8799) him to day <3117>, and we will eat <398>(8799) my son <1121> to morrow <4279>.
29. So we boiled <1310>(8762) my son <1121>, and did eat <398>(8799) him: and I said <559>(8799) unto her on the next <312> day <3117>, Give <5414>(8798) thy son <1121>, that we may eat <398>(8799) him: and she hath hid <2244>(8686) her son <1121>.
30. And it came to pass, when the king <4428> heard <8085>(8800) the words <1697> of the woman <802>, that he rent <7167>(8799) his clothes <899>; and he passed by <5674>(8802) upon the wall <2346>, and the people <5971> looked <7200>(8799), and, behold, he had sackcloth <8242> within <1004> upon his flesh <1320>.
31. Then he said <559>(8799), God <430> do <6213>(8799) so and more <3254>(8686) also to me, if the head <7218> of Elisha <477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202> shall stand <5975>(8799) on him this day <3117>.
32. But Elisha <477> sat <3427>(8802) in his house <1004>, and the elders <2205> sat <3427>(8802) with him; and the king sent <7971>(8799) a man <376> from before <6440> him: but ere the messenger <4397> came <935>(8799) to him, he said <559>(8804) to the elders <2205>, See <7200>(8804) ye how this son <1121> of a murderer <7523>(8764) hath sent <7971>(8804) to take away <5493>(8687) mine head <7218>? look <7200>(8798), when the messenger <4397> cometh <935>(8800), shut <5462>(8798) the door <1817>, and hold him fast <3905>(8804) at the door <1817>: is not the sound <6963> of his master's <113> feet <7272> behind <310> him?
33. And while he yet talked <1696>(8764) with them, behold, the messenger <4397> came down <3381>(8802) unto him: and he said <559>(8799), Behold, this evil <7451> is of the LORD <3068>; what should I wait <3176>(8686) for the LORD <3068> any longer?
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"My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within, my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city." So Jeremiah wept for the destruction of his people and their life in that terrible time when the king of Babylon took the city of Jerusalem. Jeremiah wept for the people that had no hope and no future.
But in these last days there are still many people in the same situation as those Jeremiah wept for. Some have not heard the gospel message and have no hope for that reason. Others, like most of the people in Jerusalem, have heard it but have chosen to ignore it and to turn their backs on the only one who could give them any hope at all. Do we weep for those people - especially for those who once knew Christ, but have turned and rejected him? They have no hope and, like the people of Jerusalem, are staring death in the face unless they repent. Let us show the same compassion to them as Jeremiah showed to his people - warn them and weep for them.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
Throughout this chapter Jeremiah recounts how God has punished Judah. The Lord has brought these dreadful conditions onto His special people. They must realise that their sin has been in their religion. They must listen to God in the future. But do they?
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to David
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1. How hath the Lord <136> covered <5743> <0> the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> with a cloud <5743>(8686) in his anger <639>, and cast down <7993>(8689) from heaven <8064> unto the earth <776> the beauty <8597> of Israel <3478>, and remembered <2142>(8804) not his footstool <1916> <7272> in the day <3117> of his anger <639>!
2. The Lord <136> hath swallowed up <1104>(8765) all the habitations <4999> of Jacob <3290>, and hath not pitied <2550>(8804): he hath thrown down <2040>(8804) in his wrath <5678> the strong holds <4013> of the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063>; he hath brought them down <5060>(8689) to the ground <776>: he hath polluted <2490>(8765) the kingdom <4467> and the princes <8269> thereof.
3. He hath cut off <1438>(8804) in his fierce <2750> anger <639> all the horn <7161> of Israel <3478>: he hath drawn <7725>(8689) back <268> his right hand <3225> from before <6440> the enemy <341>(8802), and he burned <1197>(8799) against Jacob <3290> like a flaming <3852> fire <784>, which devoureth <398>(8804) round about <5439>.
4. He hath bent <1869>(8804) his bow <7198> like an enemy <341>(8802): he stood <5324>(8737) with his right hand <3225> as an adversary <6862>, and slew <2026>(8799) all that were pleasant <4261> to the eye <5869> in the tabernacle <168> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>: he poured out <8210>(8804) his fury <2534> like fire <784>.
5. The Lord <136> was as an enemy <341>(8802): he hath swallowed up <1104>(8765) Israel <3478>, he hath swallowed up <1104>(8765) all her palaces <759>: he hath destroyed <7843>(8765) his strong holds <4013>, and hath increased <7235>(8686) in the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063> mourning <8386> and lamentation <592>.
6. And he hath violently taken away <2554>(8799) his tabernacle <7900>, as if it were of a garden <1588>: he hath destroyed <7843>(8765) his places of the assembly <4150>: the LORD <3068> hath caused the solemn feasts <4150> and sabbaths <7676> to be forgotten <7911>(8765) in Zion <6726>, and hath despised <5006>(8799) in the indignation <2195> of his anger <639> the king <4428> and the priest <3548>.
7. The Lord <136> hath cast off <2186>(8804) his altar <4196>, he hath abhorred <5010>(8765) his sanctuary <4720>, he hath given up <5462>(8689) into the hand <3027> of the enemy <341>(8802) the walls <2346> of her palaces <759>; they have made <5414>(8804) a noise <6963> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, as in the day <3117> of a solemn feast <4150>.
8. The LORD <3068> hath purposed <2803>(8804) to destroy <7843>(8687) the wall <2346> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>: he hath stretched out <5186>(8804) a line <6957>, he hath not withdrawn <7725>(8689) his hand <3027> from destroying <1104>(8763): therefore he made the rampart <2426> and the wall <2346> to lament <56>(8686); they languished <535>(8797) together <3162>.
9. Her gates <8179> are sunk <2883>(8804) into the ground <776>; he hath destroyed <6>(8765) and broken <7665>(8765) her bars <1280>: her king <4428> and her princes <8269> are among the Gentiles <1471>: the law <8451> is no more; her prophets <5030> also find <4672>(8804) no vision <2377> from the LORD <3068>.
10. The elders <2205> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> sit <3427>(8799) upon the ground <776>, and keep silence <1826>(8799): they have cast up <5927>(8689) dust <6083> upon their heads <7218>; they have girded <2296>(8804) themselves with sackcloth <8242>: the virgins <1330> of Jerusalem <3389> hang down <3381>(8689) their heads <7218> to the ground <776>.
11. Mine eyes <5869> do fail <3615>(8804) with tears <1832>, my bowels <4578> are troubled <2560>(8777), my liver <3516> is poured <8210>(8738) upon the earth <776>, for the destruction <7667> of the daughter <1323> of my people <5971>; because the children <5768> and the sucklings <3243>(8802) swoon <5848>(8736) in the streets <7339> of the city <7151>.
12. They say <559>(8799) to their mothers <517>, Where is corn <1715> and wine <3196>? when they swooned <5848>(8692) as the wounded <2491> in the streets <7339> of the city <5892>, when their soul <5315> was poured out <8210>(8692) into their mothers <517>' bosom <2436>.
13. What thing shall I take to witness <5749>(8686)(8675) <5749>(8799) for thee? what thing <4100> shall I liken <1819>(8762) to thee, O daughter <1323> of Jerusalem <3389>? what shall I equal <7737>(8686) to thee, that I may comfort <5162>(8762) thee, O virgin <1330> daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>? for thy breach <7667> is great <1419> like the sea <3220>: who can heal <7495>(8799) thee?
14. Thy prophets <5030> have seen <2372>(8804) vain <7723> and foolish things <8602> for thee: and they have not discovered <1540>(8765) thine iniquity <5771>, to turn away <7725>(8687) thy captivity <7622>(8675) <7622>; but have seen <2372>(8799) for thee false <7723> burdens <4864> and causes of banishment <4065>.
15. All that pass <5674>(8802) by clap <5606>(8804) their hands <3709> at thee <1870>; they hiss <8319>(8804) and wag <5128>(8686) their head <7218> at the daughter <1323> of Jerusalem <3389>, saying, Is this the city <5892> that men call <559>(8799) The perfection <3632> of beauty <3308>, The joy <4885> of the whole earth <776>?
16. All thine enemies <341>(8802) have opened <6475>(8804) their mouth <6310> against thee: they hiss <8319>(8804) and gnash <2786>(8799) the teeth <8127>: they say <559>(8804), We have swallowed her up <1104>(8765): certainly <389> this is the day <3117> that we looked for <6960>(8765); we have found <4672>(8804), we have seen <7200>(8804) it.
17. The LORD <3068> hath done <6213>(8804) that which he had devised <2161>(8804); he hath fulfilled <1214>(8765) his word <565> that he had commanded <6680>(8765) in the days <3117> of old <6924>: he hath thrown down <2040>(8804), and hath not pitied <2550>(8804): and he hath caused thine enemy <341>(8802) to rejoice <8055>(8762) over thee, he hath set up <7311>(8689) the horn <7161> of thine adversaries <6862>.
18. Their heart <3820> cried <6817>(8804) unto the Lord <136>, O wall <2346> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>, let tears <1832> run down <3381>(8685) like a river <5158> day <3119> and night <3915>: give <5414>(8799) thyself no rest <6314>; let not the apple <1323> of thine eye <5869> cease <1826>(8799).
19. Arise <6965>(8798), cry out <7442>(8798) in the night <3915>: in the beginning <7218> of the watches <821> pour out <8210>(8798) thine heart <3820> like water <4325> before <5227> the face <6440> of the Lord <136>: lift up <5375>(8798) thy hands <3709> toward him for the life <5315> of thy young children <5768>, that faint <5848>(8803) for hunger <7458> in the top <7218> of every street <2351>.
20. Behold <7200>(8798), O LORD <3068>, and consider <5027>(8685) to whom thou hast done <5953>(8782) this <3541>. Shall the women <802> eat <398>(8799) their fruit <6529>, and children <5768> of a span long <2949>? shall the priest <3548> and the prophet <5030> be slain <2026>(8735) in the sanctuary <4720> of the Lord <136>?
21. The young <5288> and the old <2205> lie <7901>(8804) on the ground <776> in the streets <2351>: my virgins <1330> and my young men <970> are fallen <5307>(8804) by the sword <2719>; thou hast slain <2026>(8804) them in the day <3117> of thine anger <639>; thou hast killed <2873>(8804), and not pitied <2550>(8804).
22. Thou hast called <7121>(8799) as in a solemn <4150> day <3117> my terrors <4032> round about <5439>, so that in the day <3117> of the LORD'S <3068> anger <639> none escaped <6412> nor remained <8300>: those that I have swaddled <2946>(8765) and brought up <7235>(8765) hath mine enemy <341>(8802) consumed <3615>(8765).
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1Cor.15:3-4 “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures” and “rose again the third day according to the scriptures”. Paul reminds us of the many scriptures which Christ fulfilled by his sacrifice.
Chapter 15
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Christ Sacrifice
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Christ in the Old Testament
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According to the Scripture
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v.3
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He was a sin offering
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Isa 53:10
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His soul an offering for sin
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v.20
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He is risen, the firstfruits
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Lev 23:10
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Bring firstfruits, 1st day after passover
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v.22
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In Christ all be made alive
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Lev 16:17,30
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All cleansed on Day of Atonement
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v.23
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Christ the firstfruits
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Lev 23:5-11
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Passover
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v.23
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Afterwards the faithful at his coming
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Lev 23:15-17
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50 days after his resurrection, Pentecost
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v.24-28
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Then comes the end
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Lev 23:39
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All fruit gathered in, Tabernacles
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v.52
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Trumpet shall sound
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Lev 23:24
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Trumpets sound, holy convocation
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v.57
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Thanks be to God who gives the victory
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Lev 7:11-16
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Voluntary peace offering
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v.58
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Be steadfast, unmoveable
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Lev 8:18-21
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Burnt offering, whole ram offered
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Jesus rose the 3rd day according to the Scriptures. We see the importance of the 3rd day established by the Lord. See the many scriptures which associate the 3rd day with giving of life, Gen 1:9 (the earth); Gen 22:4 (Isaac sacrifice); Gen 42:18 (Joseph to his brethren); 2Kin 20:5 (Hezekiah); Est 5:1; Hos 6:2 (Israel).
Peter Moore [Erith, UK] Comment added in 2013 Reply to Peter
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1. Moreover <1161>, brethren <80>, I declare <1107>(5719) unto you <5213> the gospel <2098> which <3739> I preached <2097>(5668) unto you <5213>, which also <2532> ye have received <3880>(5627), and <2532> wherein <1722> <3739> ye stand <2476>(5758);
2. By <1223> which <3739> also <2532> ye are saved <4982>(5743), if <1487> ye keep <2722>(5719) in memory what <5101> <3056> I preached <2097>(5668) unto you <5213>, unless <1622> <1508> ye have believed <4100>(5656) in vain <1500>.
3. For <1063> I delivered <3860>(5656) unto you <5213> first of all <1722> <4413> that which <3739> I <3880> <0> also <2532> received <3880>(5627), how <3754> that Christ <5547> died <599>(5627) for <5228> our <2257> sins <266> according <2596> to the scriptures <1124>;
4. And that <3754> he was buried <2290>(5648), and <2532> that <3754> he rose again <1453>(5769) the third <5154> day <2250> according <2596> to the scriptures <1124>:
5. And <2532> that <3754> he was seen <3700>(5681) of Cephas <2786>, then <1534> of the twelve <1427>:
6. After that <1899>, he was seen <3700>(5681) of above <1883> five hundred <4001> brethren <80> at once <2178>; of <1537> whom <3739> the greater part <4119> remain <3306>(5719) unto <2193> this present <737>, but <1161> some <5100> <2532> are fallen asleep <2837>(5681).
7. After that <1899>, he was seen <3700>(5681) of James <2385>; then <1534> of all <3956> the apostles <652>.
8. And <1161> last <2078> of all <3956> he was seen <3700>(5681) of me also <2504>, as <5619> of one born out of due time <1626>.
9. For <1063> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) the least <1646> of the apostles <652>, that am <1510>(5748) not <3756> meet <2425> to be called <2564>(5745) an apostle <652>, because <1360> I persecuted <1377>(5656) the church <1577> of God <2316>.
10. But <1161> by the grace <5485> of God <2316> I am <1510>(5748) what <3739> I am <1510>(5748): and <2532> his <846> grace <5485> which was bestowed upon <1519> me <1691> was <1096>(5675) not <3756> in vain <2756>; but <235> I laboured <2872>(5656) more abundantly <4054> than they all <3956>: yet <1161> not <3756> I <1473>, but <235> the grace <5485> of God <2316> which <3588> was with <4862> me <1698>.
11. Therefore <3767> whether <1535> it were I <1473> or <1535> they <1565>, so <3779> we preach <2784>(5719), and <2532> so <3779> ye believed <4100>(5656).
12. Now <1161> if <1487> Christ <5547> be preached <2784>(5743) that <3754> he rose <1453>(5769) from <1537> the dead <3498>, how <4459> say <3004>(5719) some <5100> among <1722> you <5213> that <3754> there is <2076>(5748) no <3756> resurrection <386> of the dead <3498>?
13. But <1161> if <1487> there be <2076>(5748) no <3756> resurrection <386> of the dead <3498>, then <3761> <0> is <1453> <0> Christ <5547> not <3761> risen <1453>(5769):
14. And <1161> if <1487> Christ <5547> be <1453> <0> not <3756> risen <1453>(5769), then <686> is our <2257> preaching <2782> vain <2756>, and <2532> your <5216> faith <4102> is <1161> also <2532> vain <2756>.
15. Yea <1161>, and <2532> we are found <2147>(5743) false witnesses <5575> of God <2316>; because <3754> we have testified <3140>(5656) of <2596> God <2316> that <3754> he raised up <1453>(5656) Christ <5547>: whom <3739> he raised <1453> <0> not <3756> up <1453>(5656), if <1512> so be <686> that the dead <3498> rise <1453>(5743) not <3756>.
16. For <1063> if <1487> the dead <3498> rise <1453>(5743) not <3756>, then is <1453> <0> not <3761> Christ <5547> raised <1453>(5769):
17. And <1161> if <1487> Christ <5547> be <1453> <0> not <3756> raised <1453>(5769), your <5216> faith <4102> is vain <3152>; ye are <2075>(5748) yet <2089> in <1722> your <5216> sins <266>.
18. Then <686> they also <2532> which are fallen asleep <2837>(5685) in <1722> Christ <5547> are perished <622>(5639).
19. If <1487> in <1722> this <5026> life <2222> only <3440> we have hope <1679>(5761) <2070>(5748) in <1722> Christ <5547>, we are <2070>(5748) of all <3956> men <444> most miserable <1652>.
20. But <1161> now <3570> is <1453> <0> Christ <5547> risen <1453>(5769) from <1537> the dead <3498>, and become <1096>(5633) the firstfruits <536> of them that slept <2837>(5772).
21. For <1063> since <1894> by <1223> man <444> came death <2288>, by <1223> man <444> came also <2532> the resurrection <386> of the dead <3498>.
22. For <1063> as <5618> in <1722> Adam <76> all <3956> die <599>(5719), even <2532> so <3779> in <1722> Christ <5547> shall <2227> <0> all <3956> be made alive <2227>(5701).
23. But <1161> every man <1538> in <1722> his own <2398> order <5001>: Christ <5547> the firstfruits <536>; afterward <1899> they that are <3588> Christ's <5547> at <1722> his <846> coming <3952>.
24. Then <1534> cometh the end <5056>, when <3752> he shall have delivered up <3860>(5632) the kingdom <932> to God <2316>, even <2532> the Father <3962>; when <3752> he shall have put down <2673>(5661) all <3956> rule <746> and <2532> all <3956> authority <1849> and <2532> power <1411>.
25. For <1063> he <846> must <1163>(5748) reign <936>(5721), till <891> he hath put <302> <5087>(5632) all <3956> enemies <2190> under <5259> his <848> feet <4228>.
26. The last <2078> enemy <2190> that shall be destroyed <2673>(5743) is death <2288>.
27. For <1063> he hath put <5293>(5656) all things <3956> under <5259> his <846> feet <4228>. But <1161> when <3752> he saith <2036>(5632) <3754> all things <3956> are put under <5293>(5769) him, it is manifest <1212> that <3754> he is excepted <1622>, which did put <5293> <0> all things <3956> under <5293>(5660) him <846>.
28. And <1161> when <3752> all things <3956> shall be subdued <5293>(5652) unto him <846>, then <5119> shall <5293> <0> the Son <5207> also <2532> himself <846> be subject <5293>(5691) unto him that put <5293> <0> all things <3956> under <5293>(5660) him <846>, that <2443> God <2316> may be <5600>(5753) all <3956> in <1722> all <3956>.
29. Else <1893> what <5101> shall they do <4160>(5692) which are baptized <907>(5746) for <5228> the dead <3498>, if <1487> the dead <3498> rise <1453>(5743) not <3756> at all <3654>? why <5101> <2532> are they then baptized <907>(5743) for <5228> the dead <3498>?
30. And <2532> why <5101> stand <2793> <0> we <2249> in jeopardy <2793>(5719) every <3956> hour <5610>?
31. I protest by <3513> your <5212> rejoicing <2251> <2746> which <3739> I have <2192>(5719) in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> our <2257> Lord <2962>, I die <599>(5719) daily <2596> <2250>.
32. If <1487> after the manner <2596> of men <444> I have fought with beasts <2341>(5656) at <1722> Ephesus <2181>, what <5101> advantageth it <3786> me <3427>, if <1487> the dead <3498> rise <1453>(5743) not <3756>? let us eat <5315>(5632) and <2532> drink <4095>(5632); for <1063> to morrow <839> we die <599>(5719).
33. Be <4105> <0> not <3361> deceived <4105>(5744): evil <2556> communications <3657> corrupt <5351>(5719) good <5543> manners <2239>.
34. Awake <1594>(5657) to righteousness <1346>, and <2532> sin <264>(5719)(5720) not <3361>; for <1063> some <5100> have <2192>(5719) not the knowledge <56> of God <2316>: I speak <3004>(5719) this to <4314> your <5213> shame <1791>.
35. But <235> some <5100> man will say <2046>(5692), How <4459> are <1453> <0> the dead <3498> raised up <1453>(5743)? and <1161> with what <4169> body <4983> do they come <2064>(5736)?
36. Thou fool <878>, that which <3739> thou <4771> sowest <4687>(5719) is <2227> <0> not <3756> quickened <2227>(5743), except <3362> it die <599>(5632):
37. And <2532> that which <3739> thou sowest <4687>(5719), thou sowest <4687>(5719) not <3756> that body <4983> that shall be <1096>(5697), but <235> bare <1131> grain <2848>, it may chance <1487> <5177>(5630) of wheat <4621>, or <2228> of some <5100> other <3062> grain:
38. But <1161> God <2316> giveth <1325>(5719) it <846> a body <4983> as <2531> it hath pleased him <2309>(5656), and <2532> to every <1538> seed <4690> his own <2398> body <4983>.
39. All <3956> flesh <4561> is not <3756> the same <846> flesh <4561>: but <235> <3303> there is one <243> kind of flesh <4561> of men <444>, <1161> another <243> flesh <4561> of beasts <2934>, <1161> another <243> of fishes <2486>, and <1161> another <243> of birds <4421>.
40. There are also <2532> celestial <2032> bodies <4983>, and <2532> bodies <4983> terrestrial <1919>: but <235> <3303> the glory <1391> of the celestial <2032> is one <2087>, and <1161> the glory of the terrestrial <1919> is another <2087>.
41. There is one <243> glory <1391> of the sun <2246>, and <2532> another <243> glory <1391> of the moon <4582>, and <2532> another <243> glory <1391> of the stars <792>: for <1063> one star <792> differeth from <1308>(5719) another star <792> in <1722> glory <1391>.
42. So <3779> also <2532> is the resurrection <386> of the dead <3498>. It is sown <4687>(5743) in <1722> corruption <5356>; it is raised <1453>(5743) in <1722> incorruption <861>:
43. It is sown <4687>(5743) in <1722> dishonour <819>; it is raised <1453>(5743) in <1722> glory <1391>: it is sown <4687>(5743) in <1722> weakness <769>; it is raised <1453>(5743) in <1722> power <1411>:
44. It is sown <4687>(5743) a natural <5591> body <4983>; it is raised <1453>(5743) a spiritual <4152> body <4983>. There is <2076>(5748) a natural <5591> body <4983>, and <2532> there is <2076>(5748) a spiritual <4152> body <4983>.
45. And <2532> so <3779> it is written <1125>(5769), The first <4413> man <444> Adam <76> was made <1096>(5633) <1519> a living <2198>(5723) soul <5590>; the last <2078> Adam <76> was made <1519> a quickening <2227>(5723) spirit <4151>.
46. Howbeit <235> that was not <3756> first <4412> which is spiritual <4152>, but <235> that which is natural <5591>; and afterward <1899> that which is spiritual <4152>.
47. The first <4413> man <444> is of <1537> the earth <1093>, earthy <5517>: the second <1208> man <444> is the Lord <2962> from <1537> heaven <3772>.
48. As <3634> is the earthy <5517>, such <5108> are they also <2532> that are earthy <5517>: and <2532> as is <3634> the heavenly <2032>, such <5108> are they <2032> <0> also <2532> that are heavenly <2032>.
49. And <2532> as <2531> we have borne <5409>(5656) the image <1504> of the earthy <5517>, we shall <5409> <0> also <2532> bear <5409>(5692) the image <1504> of the heavenly <2032>.
50. Now <1161> this <5124> I say <5346>(5748), brethren <80>, that <3754> flesh <4561> and <2532> blood <129> cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) inherit <2816>(5658) the kingdom <932> of God <2316>; neither <3761> doth <2816> <0> corruption <5356> inherit <2816>(5719) incorruption <861>.
51. Behold <2400>(5628), I shew <3004>(5719) you <5213> a mystery <3466>; We shall <2837> <0> not <3756> all <3956> <3303> sleep <2837>(5701), but <1161> we shall <236> <0> all <3956> be changed <236>(5691),
52. In <1722> a moment <823>, in <1722> the twinkling <4493> of an eye <3788>, at <1722> the last <2078> trump <4536>: for <1063> the trumpet shall sound <4537>(5692), and <2532> the dead <3498> shall be raised <1453>(5701) incorruptible <862>, and <2532> we <2249> shall be changed <236>(5691).
53. For <1063> this <5124> corruptible <5349> must <1163>(5748) put on <1746>(5670) incorruption <861>, and <2532> this <5124> mortal <2349> must put on <1746>(5670) immortality <110>.
54. So <1161> when <3752> this <5124> corruptible <5349> shall have put on <1746>(5672) incorruption <861>, and <2532> this <5124> mortal <2349> shall have put on <1746>(5672) immortality <110>, then <5119> shall be brought to pass <1096>(5695) the saying <3056> that is written <1125>(5772), Death <2288> is swallowed up <2666>(5681) in <1519> victory <3534>.
55. O death <2288>, where <4226> is thy <4675> sting <2759>? O grave <86>, where <4226> is thy <4675> victory <3534>?
56. <1161> The sting <2759> of death <2288> is sin <266>; and <1161> the strength <1411> of sin <266> is the law <3551>.
57. But <1161> thanks <5485> be to God <2316>, which <3588> giveth <1325>(5723) us <2254> the victory <3534> through <1223> our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
58. Therefore <5620>, my <3450> beloved <27> brethren <80>, be ye <1096>(5737) stedfast <1476>, unmoveable <277>, always <3842> abounding <4052>(5723) in <1722> the work <2041> of the Lord <2962>, forasmuch as ye know <1492>(5761) that <3754> your <5216> labour <2873> is <2076>(5748) not <3756> in vain <2756> in <1722> the Lord <2962>.