1 Samuel 28:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. ”

1 Samuel 28:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is manifest both that the apparition of Samuel was real, and also that the woman was utterly unprepared for it. Why hast thou deceived me ... - She perhaps inferred that Samuel would have an...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:2 is continued by 1 Samuel 29:1 ; the connexion is broken by the insertion of 1 Samuel 28:3-25 . Saul and the Witch of Endor. This section interrupts the connexion; moreover,...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saw Samuel . Or, the materialisation of. deceiving spirit personating Samuel, as is done by "mediums" to-day. she cried , &c. Evidently surprised, and getting more than she expected. thou ar...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. When the woman saw Samuel - That Samuel did appear on...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then said Saul—Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit— Utterly forsaken of God, yet anxiously desirous of searching into futurity, Saul, who had prayed to God to no purpose, now resolved to ap...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 28:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul and the Witch of Endor 1 Samuel 28:3-25 come from another document and interrupt the connexion, as will be seen if the account is read without them. In order of time their proper position i...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice. — Nothing is more clear from the narration than that the woman of En-dor saw something she never dreamed of seeing. Whatever did appe...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIV. SAUL AT ENDOR. 1 Samuel 28:3-25 . FOR a considerable time Saul had been drifting along like a crippled vessel at sea, a melancholy example of a man forsaken of God. But as his d...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Resorting to a Familiar Spirit 1 Samuel 28:1-14 This chapter records the climax to which Saul's sins led, and which sealed his fate. See 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 . He went back to that which he h...
1 Samuel 28:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is strange how this story has been made to serve in defense of things occult, which, as a matter of fact, it condemns. Let it be carefully read, and it becomes perfectly patent that this woman had...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and...
1 Samuel 28:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the woman saw Samuel ,.... The appearance of him whom she took for Samuel; no mention is made of the methods she used to raise him, to check the curiosity of such as might be desirous to kn...
1 Samuel 28:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul. Ver. 12. And when the woman saw Samuel. ] That is,...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when the woman saw Samuel The particle when , which our translators have inserted here, and which is not in the original text, embarrasses the sense, and is calculated to give the reader a wro...
1 Samuel 28:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The inevitable conflict between Israel and the Philistines arises again, and David finds himself in an unpleasant situation Achish tells him that he and his men must accompany Achish to fight against...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Consults the Witch at Endor. B. C. 1055. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She cried with a loud voice, for fear of her life, Saul himself being witness of her crime. Thou art Saul: this she knew, either by some gesture of reverence which this supposed Samuel might show...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Consults A Necromancer And Samuel Appears To Him ( 1 Samuel 28:3-19 ). Having been unable to obtain any response from God, Saul, in desperation, determined to turn to a necromancer. It would,...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 28:1 . “Know thou assuredly.” Some expositors regard these words of Achish as designed to try David: others think they express the entire confidence whic...
1 Samuel 28:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:4 . Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar, not far from mount Hermon. 1 Samuel 28:7 . A woman that hath a familiar spirit: a mistress of OB. See Deuteronomy 18:11 . The LXX read pytho...
1 Samuel 28:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Night preceding battle As the flash of lightning reveals the hidden scenery around, so the reception of momento...
1 Samuel 28:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL ( CHS . 28-31.) THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR . DISTRESS OF SAUL , AND VISIT TO THE WITCH OF ENDOR ( 1 Samuel 28:1-9 .)...
1 Samuel 28:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consultation with the Witch
1 Samuel 28:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:5 ; 1 Samuel 28:3
1 Samuel 28:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Saw Samuel — The words are express, the woman saw Samuel, instead of the spirit whom she expected to see, God ordering it so for his own glory. She cried with a loud voice — Terrified and astonishe...

1 Samuel 28:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 28:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 28:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 28:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 28:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 28:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes