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NASB | 1 Samuel 28:11 Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 28:11 So the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up Samuel for me." |
Bible Question:
I Sam. 28:11 Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" "Bring up Samuel," he said. I Sam. 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!" I Sam. 28:13 The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a spirit [a] coming up out of the ground." I Sam. 28:14 "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. I Sam. 28:15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" "I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do." Was it Samuel the medium/spiritist brought up from the dead for Saul to consult with or merely a counterfeit spirit? If this really was Samuel how is it that this medium/spiritist had the power to conjure Samuel's spirit from the dead especially considering the fact that Samuel died a Godly man? Blessings in Christ, budderfligh |
Bible Answer: Dear budderfligh, Matthew Henry's commentary: ...God permitted the devil, to answer the design, to put on Samuel's shape, that those who would not receive the love of the truth might be given up to strong delusions and believe a lie. That it could not be the soul of Samuel himself they might easily apprehend when it ascended out of the earth, for the spirit of a man, much more of a good man, goes upward, Eccl. 3:21. But, if people will be deceived, it is just with God to say, "Let them be deceived." ... To read the full text, please go to : http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/1samuel/mh/1samuel28.htm Shalom Azure |