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2Ki 2:1-10.
英文原文
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. 接走你的師傅離開你的頭——暗指門徒坐在夫子腳前、夫子在他們頭上（居高座）的習俗
(徒 22:3)。
英文原文
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. 以利亞將自己的外衣捲起來打水——正如摩西的杖一樣，這外衣具有聖靈所賜屬天的運行能力。
英文原文
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. 以利亞對以利沙說：你願我為你作甚麼——他既不以为自己有权柄遺贈這恩賜，也不以為神會因他懇求而賜下。
願感動你的靈加倍感動我——這個請求，如一般所誤以為的，並非為了能行比他師傅更大更多的神蹟，也不意味著先知之靈更高的賦予；因為以利沙既不勝過、可能也不及他的前輩。但「加倍」一詞原用於長子
[申 21:17]，
因此以利沙所求的，不過是要作他師傅先知職任與恩賜的繼承人。
英文原文
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. 你所求的難得——這是我不能給、唯有神才能賜的非凡福分。然而他（無疑是受聖靈暗中的指引）向以利沙提出了一個兆頭；留意觀察這兆頭，可使他保持警醒等候的姿態，並成為懇求恩典的求告者。
英文原文
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.
王下 2:11-18.
以利亞乘火車火馬升天
11. 忽有火車火馬——某種耀目的光輝，在旁觀者眼中如同這些物件。
乘旋風升上去——一種伴隨著猛烈閃電的狂風暴雨，喻指神的審判
(賽 29:6)。
英文原文
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. 以利沙看見，就呼叫說：我父啊——即屬靈的父親，因為先知的門徒被稱為他們的兒子。
以色列的戰車馬兵啊——意思是，正如屬地的國度倚靠戰備來維護防禦與榮耀，在那裏一位先知為以色列的保全與繁榮所作的，勝過她一切的戰車馬兵。
以利沙把自己的衣服撕為兩片——以表示他為所失而哀慟。
英文原文
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. 他也拾起以利亞的外衣——這件先知外袍的傳遞，對他自己而言是他被立為繼承人的憑據；對他人而言，則是象徵以利亞的靈臨到他身上的外在記號。
英文原文
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——在河上揮動外衣，以及隨之而來的水分開的神蹟，證明以利亞的神與他同在；這神蹟既被耶利哥的先知門徒目睹，他們便立即承認以利沙的卓越，承認他如今是以色列的先知。
英文原文
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. 求你容五十個壯士去尋找你師傅——耶利哥的年輕先知雖曾看見以利亞奇蹟性地渡過約旦河，卻沒有親眼看見升天。他們想像他可能被旋風拋到某座山或某個谷中；或者，即便他真的被接升天，他們也以為他的身體仍留在地上某處。在他們苦苦相求之下，以利沙允許了他們，卻告訴他們結果將會如何。
英文原文
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.
王下 2:19-25.
以利沙治好了水
英文原文
2Ki 2:19-25.
ELISHA HEALS THE WATERS.
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20. 你給我一個新瓶，裏面裝點鹽——水的有害性質不可能藉加鹽來糾正——因為，姑且假設鹽有這種特性，一碟鹽也不可能在一天內潔淨整個泉源，更不可能在一切未來歲月中如此。倒鹽進去乃是一個象徵性的動作，以利沙以此伴隨耶和華的話，泉源便因此得醫治 [KEIL]。
英文原文
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. 從城裏出來的童子——即那地拜偶像、或不信的年輕人；他們假裝不信他師傅被接升天的報告，便以譏誚的口吻催他追隨這榮耀的生涯而去。
禿頭的——在東方是輕蔑的稱呼，甚至頭髮茂密之人也可被如此稱呼。臨到他們的可怖審判，乃是神的介入，為要維護他新近受膏的先知。
英文原文
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.
以利亞 渡過 約旦河
1-7. 耶和華要用旋風接以利亞升天的時候——這一事件已向先知啟示;但他所不知的是,這事也已啟示給他的門徒,尤其是以利沙,因後者始終不離他左右。
吉甲——此處的吉甲(基利心山 Jiljil 附近以巴路山和基利心山)附近;那裡設有先知學校。伯特利也有一所先知學校,是以利亞所創辦的,儘管該地是金牛犢崇拜的中心;耶利哥也有一所
[2Ki 2:4]。
他之所以往這些地方去,乃是出於聖靈的感動
(2Ki 2:2, 4-6);
以利亞希望在他升天之前,順路對這幾所機構作一次告別訪問;同時,出於謙卑與謹慎之心,他願獨處其身,免得有人親眼目睹他得榮耀的情景。然而,他要說服隨從留在身後的一切努力都歸於徒然。以利沙知道時刻已到,且先知門徒在每一處都向他提及他主人即將被接去的事。他們的最後一程是在約旦河邊。有五十位來自耶利哥的先知門徒遠遠跟隨,渴望在這重大場合見證這位先知奇蹟般的被接升天。將這一驚人事件向如此多人啟示,乃是救贖 dispensation 中不可或缺的一環;因為在律法時代之下,正如以諾在列祖時代那樣,這一事件被設計為另一狀態的可見明證,並作為基督復活的預表。