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The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:18-37

2 Kings 4:18-37And when the child was grown.The empty homeThe Bible is the most perfectly natural and human book in the world. It deals not with philosophies and theories, but with real human life. The story of the Shunammite and her child is one of the most touching episodes in Scripture, and also one of the most beautiful and finished narratives in the whole range of literature.1. We are introduced to “a great woman,” a lady of great wealth and influence. She dwelt in Shunem, in the plain of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:31

2 Kings 4:31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child.Personal powerHere is a remarkable thing in Bible history--nothing less than that a miracle should miscarry. Here is an attempt to work a miracle, which ends in failure. This is strange and most painful. Who knows what may fail next? Are there any purposed miracles suddenly broken in failure? Does the staff ever come back without having done its work? We are bound to ask these sharp and serious... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 4:31

2Ki 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but [there was] neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. Ver. 31. But there was neither voice nor hearing. ] God withholding his power and help till the prophet himself came and renewed the dead. Hereby was allegorically signified, saith one, that the law was used before the coming of Christ to revive the dead in sin. But this being... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 4:31

neither voice: 1 Samuel 14:37, 1 Samuel 28:6, Ezekiel 14:3, Matthew 17:16-Ecclesiastes :, Mark 9:19-Joel :, Acts 19:13-Esther : hearing: Heb. attention, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:29 not awaked: Job 14:12, Daniel 12:2, Mark 5:39, John 11:11, John 11:43, John 11:44, Ephesians 5:14 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:20 - Gehazi 2 Kings 8:1 - whose son Luke 9:40 - and they read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Kings 4:31

And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.Neither voice — Neither speech, nor sense, nor any sign of life, in the child. This disappointment might proceed from hence, that Elisha having changed his mind, and yielded to her importunity to go with her, did alter his course, and not join his fervent prayers with Gehazi's action.Not... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:31

31. Neither voice, nor hearing He uttered no cry, he paid no heed. That is, he gave no signs of life. Here again comes up the question, Why was Gehazi’s mission with the staff a failure? First of all, we maintain that it is far from certain or evident that Elisha expected his staff and his servant would be effectual in raising the dead. On the contrary, it is very possible that he meant Gehazi’s mission should be a failure, in order to show that the miracle could not be wrought by any... read more