2 Kings 13:18; 2 Kings 13:19; 2 Kings 3:16; John 16:24; John 2:7; Psalms 81:10
2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 6:23 . Stories about Elisha as a Wonder-Worker . The miracles of Elisha fill a considerable part of the early Chapter s of...
borrow not. few . scant not.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. No JFB commentary on these verses....
Various Miracles of Elisha The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elija...
Abroad. — Literally, from the outside (of the house); out of doors. Borrow not a few. — See margin. Do not scant , or stint , namely, to bor...
ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1-44 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illus...
Every Vessel Filled 2 Kings 4:1-7 Elisha's ministry was not startling. It was redemptive and constructive. Widows came to him for help against...
The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of t...
Do I not see in this representation how all the vessels of our poor nature may be unceasingly filled from the inexhaustible fullness of Jesus, the fu...
Then he said, go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours ,.... For he perceived that she had none: even empty vessels ; which they might...
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few. Ver. 3. Even empty vessels. ] They mus...
THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had...
The Increase of the Widow's Oil. B. C. 894....
No text from Poole on this verse.
YHWH Provides For A Poor Woman And Her Two Sons Who Seek Elisha's Help Through The Miracle Of Multiplying The Oil In A Vessel ( 2 Kings 4:1-7 ). I...
SECTION 8. The Wonder-working Ministry Of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 8:15 ) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15 ,...
THE MIRACLES OF ELISHA CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 4:1 . Two sons to be bondmen —The law entitled a creditor to the slavery or ser...
2 Kings 4:1 . My two sons to be bondmen. The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7...
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets. The widow’s pot of oil If we are to believe the voice of tradition as...
Empty vessels: borrow not a few. The filling of empty vessels The best of men may die in poverty. Here is the widow of a prophet left in destit...
EXPOSITION 2 Kings 4:1-12 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . General introduction . The miracles of this chapter are all of t...
The Widow's Oil Multiplied.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. She was not to be bashful about asking her n...
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.