Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,…. Being come to life, he took it off of the bed in his bedchamber, and brought it down to the lower part of the house, where the woman was:
and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, see, thy son liveth; which no doubt was to her great surprise, and was a wonderful instance of divine power and goodness, and to which the apostle may have respect, Heb 11:35, Bunting l says, the inhabitants of this place now take upon them to show the chamber wherein the prophet Elias lived, when he raised the widow’s child to life.
l Travels, &c. p. 205.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
23. Thy son liveth This is the first recorded instance of a resurrection from the dead. Many suppose that this youth became that servant of Elijah mentioned 1Ki 18:43; 1Ki 19:3. An old tradition affirms his identity with the prophet Jonah, who afterwards proclaimed the word of the Lord to Nineveh.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
Ver. 23. And delivered him unto his mother. ] Of this the apostle seemeth to write, when he saith, “Women received their dead raised to life again.” Heb 11:35
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
liveth. The result of life’s being given, making the child “a living soul” (Gen 2:7).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
thy son liveth: 2Ki 4:36, 2Ki 4:37, Luk 7:15, Act 9:41, Heb 11:35
Reciprocal: Exo 7:1 – See Luk 7:12 – the only Luk 9:42 – and delivered Joh 4:51 – Thy
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 17:23-24. Elijah said, See, thy son liveth And see the power of prayer, and the power of him that hears and answers prayer, that kills and makes alive. The woman said, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God Though she believed it before, and termed him a man of God, (1Ki 17:18,) which she might well do, having been a daily witness of the miraculous increase of the meal and oil; yet, when she saw he did not cure her sick child, but suffered him to grow worse, and die, she began to doubt of it: but upon seeing her son revive, her faith revived with him, and was mightily confirmed. For, through the joy of having him restored to her again, this latter miracle appeared to her much greater than the former. The word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth The God whom thou professest to believe in, is the only true God; and the doctrine and religion which thou teachest, is the only true religion; and therefore henceforth I wholly renounce the worship of idols.