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2Ki 2:1-10.
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2Ki 2:1-10.
ELIJAH DIVINES JORDAN.
1-7. when the Lord would take up Elijah--A revelation of this event had been made to the prophet; but, unknown to him, it had also been revealed to his disciples, and to Elisha in particular, who kept constantly beside him.
Gilgal--This Gilgal (Jiljil) was near Ebal and Gerizim; a school of the prophets was established there. At Beth-el there was also a school of the prophets, which Elijah had founded, notwithstanding that place was the headquarters of the calf-worship; and at Jericho there was another
[2Ki 2:4].
In travelling to these places, which he had done through the impulse of the Spirit
(2Ki 2:2, 4-6),
Elijah wished to pay a farewell visit to these several institutions, which lay on his way to the place of ascension and, at the same time, from a feeling of humility and modesty, to be in solitude, where there would be no eye-witnesses of his glorification. All his efforts, however, to prevail on his attendant to remain behind, were fruitless. Elisha knew that the time was at hand, and at every place the sons of the prophets spoke to him of the approaching removal of his master. Their last stage was at the Jordan. They were followed at a distance by fifty scholars of the prophets, from Jericho, who were desirous, in honor of the great occasion, to witness the miraculous translation of the prophet. The revelation of this striking event to so many was a necessary part of the dispensation; for it was designed to be under the law, like that of Enoch in the patriarchal age, a visible proof of another state, and a type of the resurrection of Christ.
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3. 接走你的老师离开你的头——暗指门徒坐在夫子脚前的习俗,夫子则在他们之上(在他们头上)
(Ac 22:3)。
英語原文
3. take away thy master from they head--an allusion to the custom of scholars sitting at the feet of their master, the latter being over their heads
(Ac 22:3).
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8. 以利亚将自己的外衣卷起来,用以打水——这外衣正如摩西的杖一样,带着圣灵运行的属神大能。
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8. Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters--Like the rod of Moses, it had the divinely operating power of the Spirit.
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9. 以利亚对以利沙说,你愿我为你作什么——他既不以为自己有能力将其遗赠,也不以为神会因他的恳求而赐下。
愿感动你的灵加倍地感动我——这要求并不像一般人所设想的那样,是求行神迹的能力在规模和次数上超过其师;也不意味先知之灵更大的赋予;因为以利沙既不优于、或许也不及其前任。但「加倍」一语,原是用于长子
[De 21:17],
因此以利沙的请求,简单地说,就是作其师先知职分与恩赐的继承人。
英語原文
9. Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee--trusting either that it would be in his power to bequeath it, or that God, at his entreaty, would grant it.
let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me--This request was not, as is commonly supposed, for the power of working miracles exceeding the magnitude and number of his master's, nor does it mean a higher endowment of the prophetic spirit; for Elisha was neither superior to, nor perhaps equally great with, his predecessor. But the phrase, "a double portion," was applied to the first-born
[De 21:17],
and therefore Elisha's request was, simply, to be heir to the prophetic office and gifts of his master.
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10. 你所求的难得——这是我不能给、惟独神才能赐的非凡福气。然而,他无疑是受了圣灵暗中的指引,向以利沙提出了一个兆头;观察这兆头可使他保持焦虑等待、并为这恩惠恳求的姿态。
英語原文
10. Thou hast asked a hard thing--an extraordinary blessing which I cannot, and God only, can give. Nevertheless he, doubtless by the secret directions of the Spirit, proposed to Elisha a sign, the observation of which would keep him in the attitude of an anxious waiter, as well as suppliant for the favor.
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2Ki 2:11-18.
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2Ki 2:11-18.
他 被接 升天, 乘 火车
11. 忽有火车火马——某种明亮的辉煌之光,在观者眼中如同那些物体。
乘旋风升天——伴随明亮的火光闪现的暴风或风暴,此处用以暗喻神的审判
(Isa 29:6)。
英語原文
2Ki 2:11-18.
HE IS TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN IN A CHARIOT OF FIRE.
11. behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire--some bright effulgence, which, in the eyes of the spectators, resembled those objects.
went up by a whirlwind--a tempest or storm wind accompanied with vivid flashes of fire, figuratively used for the divine judgments
(Isa 29:6).
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12. 以利沙看见,就呼叫说,我父啊——即属灵的父亲,因先知的门徒被称为他们的儿子。
以色列的战车马兵啊——即正如地上的国度依靠军备来防御和得荣耀,这里一位先知为以色列的保全与繁荣所作的,胜过她一切的战车马兵。
把自己的衣服撕为两片——以表明他对所失之亲的哀痛。
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12. Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father--that is, spiritual father, as the pupils of the prophets are called their sons.
the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof--that is, that as earthly kingdoms are dependent for their defense and glory upon warlike preparations, there a single prophet had done more for the preservation and prosperity of Israel than all her chariots and horsemen.
took hold of his own clothes and rent them--in token of his grief for his loss.
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13. 他拾起以利亚掉下来的外衣——传递这件先知的外衣,对他自己而言,是他被立为继承人的凭据;对外人而言,则是以利亚的灵临到他身上的外在标记。
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13. He took up also the mantle of Elijah--The transference of this prophetic cloak was, to himself, a pledge of his being appointed successor, and it was an outward token to others of the spirit of Elijah resting upon him.
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14-18. 打水——在河上挥动外衣,随之而来的水奇妙地分开,这是以利亚的神与他同在的证据;这神迹既为来自耶利哥的先知门徒所见,他们便立刻承认以利沙的优越地位,认他为此时以色列的先知。
英語原文
14-18. smote the waters--The waving of the mantle on the river, and the miraculous division of the waters consequent upon it, was an evidence that the Lord God of Elijah was with him, and as this miracle was witnessed by the scholars of the prophets from Jericho, they forthwith recognized the pre-eminence of Elisha, as now the prophet of Israel.
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16-18. 五十个壮士,求你容他们去寻找你的老师——来自耶利哥的年轻先知们虽曾目睹以利亚奇妙地渡过约旦河,却未曾看见升天的一幕。他们以为他可能被旋风抛在某山或某谷;或者,如果他确已被接入天堂,他们仍指望他的身体还留在世上某处。在他们一再恳求之下,以利沙允许了他们,却告诉他们结果将如何。
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16-18. fifty strong men, let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master--Though the young prophets from Jericho had seen Elijah's miraculous passage of the Jordan, they had not witnessed the ascension. They imagined that he might have been cast by the whirlwind on some mountain or valley; or, if he had actually been admitted into heaven, they expected that his body would still be remaining somewhere on earth. In compliance with their importunity, he gave them permission, but told them what the result would be.
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2Ki 2:19-25.
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2Ki 2:19-25.
以利沙 治好 水源
英語原文
2Ki 2:19-25.
ELISHA HEALS THE WATERS.
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20. 给我拿一个新瓶来,里面装点盐——水中那有害的成分无法用盐来纠正——因为即使盐真有这种功效,一碟盐也不可能净化整座泉源一天,更不用说直到永远。倒盐是一种象征性的行动,以利沙以此配合神的话语——泉源是藉这话语得医治的[KEIL]。
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20. Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein--The noxious qualities of the water could not be corrected by the infusion of salt--for, supposing the salt was possessed of such a property, a whole spring could not be purified by a dishful for a day, much less in all future time. The pouring in of the salt was a symbolic act with which Elisha accompanied the word of the Lord, by which the spring was healed [KEIL].
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23、24. 有些少年人从城里出来——即那地方拜偶像或不信的年轻人,他们假装不信其师被接升天的报导,讥诮地催促他追随那荣耀的道路。
秃头——这是东方人轻蔑的称呼,甚至对一个头发浓密的人也可使用。临到他们的可怕审判,是神为维护祂新近膏立的先知而作的介入。
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23, 24. there came forth little children out of the city--that is, the idolatrous, or infidel young men of the place, who affecting to disbelieve the report of his master's translation, sarcastically urged him to follow in the glorious career.
bald head--an epithet of contempt in the East, applied to a person even with a bushy head of hair. The appalling judgment that befell them was God's interference to uphold his newly invested prophet.
2Ki 2:1-10.
以利亚 渡过 约旦河
1-7. 耶和华要用旋风接以利亚升天的时候——这一事件已向先知启示;但他所不知的是,这事也已启示给他的门徒,尤其是以利沙,因后者始终不离他左右。
吉甲——此处的吉甲(基利心山 Jiljil 附近以巴路山和基利心山)附近;那里设有先知学校。伯特利也有一所先知学校,是以利亚所创办的,尽管该地是金牛犊崇拜的中心;耶利哥也有一所
[2Ki 2:4]。
他之所以往这些地方去,乃是出于圣灵的感动
(2Ki 2:2, 4-6);
以利亚希望在他升天之前,顺路对这几所机构作一次告别访问;同时,出于谦卑与谨慎之心,他愿独处其身,免得有人亲眼目睹他得荣耀的情景。然而,他要说服随从留在身后的一切努力都归于徒然。以利沙知道时刻已到,且先知门徒在每一处都向他提及他主人即将被接去的事。他们的最后一程是在约旦河边。有五十位来自耶利哥的先知门徒远远跟随,渴望在这重大场合见证这位先知奇迹般的被接升天。将这一惊人事件向如此多人启示,乃是救赎 dispensation 中不可或缺的一环;因为在律法时代之下,正如以诺在列祖时代那样,这一事件被设计为另一状态的可见明证,并作为基督复活的预表。