1 Kings 19:20 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:20

So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

BSB

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ASV

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

KJV

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

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Commentary

3 voices

John of Cressy

CANON 6, ON ELISHA THE PROPHET, ODE 1 (1313)

After receiving the garment from the prophetical hand, at the same time you have received the privilege, when you were transformed from worker into a prophet through the radiance of the Spirit that was glorified. Since you foreknew, O Christ, the inclination to goodness Of …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

An invisible hand touched his heart, and unaccountably inclined him by a secret power, without any external persuasions, to quit his husbandry and give himself to the ministry. It is in a day of power that Christ's subjects are made willing ( Ps. cx. 3 ), nor would any come to Christ unless they were thus drawn.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let me - kiss my father and my mother - Elisha fully understood that he was called by this ceremony to the prophetic office: and it is evident that he conferred not with flesh and blood, but resolved, immediately resolved, to obey; only he wished to bid farewell to his relatives. See below. What have I done to thee? - Thy call is not from me, but from God: to him, not to me, art thou accountable for thy use or abuse of it.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב	vai.ya.'a.Zo	and he left	H5800 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבָּקָ֗ר	ha.ba.Kar	the ox[en]	H1241 →
וַיָּ֙רָץ֙	vai.Ya.rotz	and he ran	H7323 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶשְּׁקָה־	'e.she.kah-	I want to kiss	H5401 →
נָּא֙	na'	please	H4994 →
לְאָבִ֣י	le.'a.Vi	<to> father my	H1 →
וּלְאִמִּ֔י	u.le.'i.Mi	and <to> mother my	H517 →
וְאֵלְכָ֖ה	ve.'e.le.Khah	and I will go	H1980 →
אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ	'a.cha.Rei.kha	after you	H310 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to him
לֵ֣ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
שׁ֔וּב	Shuv	turn back	H7725 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
מֶה־	meh-	what?	H4100 →
עָשִׂ֖יתִי	'a.Si.ti	have I done	H6213 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	to you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
leads to
- Luke 5:27–38
  After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- Mark 2:14–22
  As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- 1 Kings 19:19–21
  So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
- Luke 19:2–10
  And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
- Mark 3:18
  Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Through
Matthew 4:20
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
leads to
- Mark 10:28–31
  Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
- Matthew 19:27
  “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
Through
Acts 20:37
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:4
  Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.