Questions tagged [elisha]
A prophet of God who followed Elijah, appearing primarily in 2 Kings
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Why did Jesus and Elijah act so differently?
Why did Jesus forbid his disciples to say goodbye to their families?
Luk 9:59-62 NKJV
59 Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father.&...
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Why did Elisha curse children?
2 Kings 2:23-24 (KJV)
23 And he [Elisha] went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going
up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, ...
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Are Naaman's actions considered an exception to God's laws? [closed]
2 Kings 5:18–19 (NIV)
18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when ...
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Were the similarities between the miracles of Elisha and Jesus deliberate or simply coincidental?
I have often wondered if God deliberately intended for the miracles of Elisha to be a preview of the miracles our Savior would perform, as a way of verification of Jesus Deity.
Elisha brought the ...
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Why did God only cure Naaman? [closed]
Jesus said (Luke 4:27):
"There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."
Several possible interpretations occur to ...
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