35<\/strong>. Then he returned<\/em> ] i.e. left the bed.<\/p>\n and walked in the house to and fro<\/em> ] The R.V. inserts ‘once’ before ‘to and fro’, which is according to the Hebrew. The exertion which he had used, and the emotion and anxiety he felt, would be overpowering. Hence the need for a change of posture. Elisha did not leave the chamber but walked from end to end of the room in which the child lay.<\/p>\n the child opened his eyes<\/em> ] The second effort, supported as it was, we may be sure, by repeated prayer, obtains a gracious answer. The dead child is brought to life.<\/p>\n Verse 35. The child sneezed seven times<\/B><\/I>] That is, it sneezed abundantly<\/I>. When the nervous influence began to act on the muscular system, before the circulation could be in every part restored, particular muscles, if not the whole body, would be thrown into strong contractions and shiverings, and sternutation<\/I> or sneezing would be a natural consequence; particularly as obstructions must have taken place in the head<\/I> and its vessels<\/I>, because of the disorder of which the child died. Most people, as well as philosophers and physicians, have remarked how beneficial sneezings are to the removal of obstructions in the head. Sternutamenta<\/I>, says Pliny, Hist. Nat<\/I>., lib. xxviii., cap. 6, gravedinem capitis emendant<\/I>; “Sneezing relieves disorders of the head.”<\/P> <\/p>\n Walked in the house to and fro:<\/B> he changeth his postures for his own necessary refreshment, and walked to and fro, exercising his mind in prayer to God, and faith, for the accomplishment of this work. <\/P> Went up, and stretched himself upon him; <\/B>repeating his former actions, to teach us not to be discouraged in our prayers, if we be not speedily answered, but to wait with patience, and continue, and be instant in prayer, till we obtain what we seek for. <\/P> The child opened his eyes; <\/B>so the work begun in the former verse is here perfected. Although miracles were for the most part done in an instant, yet sometimes they were done by degrees, as here, and 1Ki 18:44<\/span>,45<\/span>; Mr 8:24<\/span>,25<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 35. the child sneezed seven times,and the child opened his eyes<\/B>These were the first acts ofrestored respiration, and they are described as successive steps.Miracles were for the most part performed instantaneously; butsometimes, also, they were advanced progressively towards completion(1Ki 18:44<\/span>; 1Ki 18:45<\/span>;Mar 8:24<\/span>; Mar 8:25<\/span>).<\/P> 2Ki4:38-41<\/span>. PURIFIESDEADLY POTTAGE.<\/P><\/p>\n Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro<\/strong>,…. Left the chamber, and came down to the house where the family chiefly resided, and walked to and fro in deep thought and meditation, and, no doubt, in fervent ejaculations for the wished for blessing to be completed:<\/p>\n and went up<\/strong>; to the chamber again, and up to the bed in it:<\/p>\n and stretched himself upon him<\/strong>; as before:<\/p>\n and the child sneezed seven times<\/strong>; which was a sign of life, and even of health; and hereby his head was cleared, as some observe, of those humours that had caused the pains in it a, and had issued in death:<\/p>\n and the child opened his eyes<\/strong>; upon the prophet, another sign of life.<\/p>\n a Vid. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 28. c. 6. Aristot. Problem. sect. 33. qu. 9.<\/p>\n (35) He returned.<\/strong>From off the bed.<\/p>\n Walked in the house to and fro.<\/strong>Or, in the chamber<\/em>. Elishas walking to and fro is an index of intense excitement. He was earnestly expecting the fulfilment of his prayer. Cornelius Lapide thinks the prophet walked ut ambulando excitaret majorem calorem quem puero communicaret (!)<\/p>\n The child sneezed.<\/strong>The verb occurs here only. It denotes a faint<\/em> rather than a loud<\/em> sneeze. (Heb., atshh<\/em>; Job. 41:10<\/span>.) It is omitted by the LXX., which has, and he bowed himself over the boy until seven times. The repeated sneezing was a sign of restored respiration. (Comp. Luk. 7:15<\/span>.)<\/p>\n Keil supposes that whereas Elijah raised the widows son at once, his successor only restored the Shunammites son by degrees; and that this betokens an inferiority on the part of Elisha. But the narrative in 1Ki. 17:17<\/span> seq<\/em>. is plainly abridged.<\/p>\n 35<\/strong>. <\/strong> Returned, and walked in the house <\/strong> That is, he left the child, and went down stairs, and paced to and fro in a larger room than his own little chamber. His own animal heat might have become much reduced by absorption into the cold body of the child, and his walking to and fro was probably, as Bahr suggests, an involuntary result of the great emotion with which he looked and waited for the fulfilment of his prayer. <\/p>\n Went up <\/strong> Upstairs again into his own room. He went up and repeated his former efforts again. <\/p>\n Sneezed seven times <\/strong> “When the nervous influence began to act on the muscular system, before the circulation could be in every part restored, particular muscles, if not the whole body, would be thrown into strong contractions and shiverings, and sneezing would be a natural consequence; particularly as obstructions must have taken place in the head and its vessels, because of the disorder of which the child died.” Clarke.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n As might be expected, there have not been wanting rationalistic interpreters, who have explained this miracle as a case of suspended animation, or fit of apoplexy, and Elisha’s efforts as the manipulations of animal magnetism, by which sensation was restored. Of course, such expositors ignore or deny the plain statement that the child was dead, and so do not explain, but contradict and torture the word of Scripture.<\/p>\n 2Ki 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<\/p>\n Ver. 35. Then he returned, and walked, &c.<\/strong> ] He found the mercy coming, and he sets to work with more vehemency and intention of desire, such as made him thus various in his actions, postures, and gestures. This is usual with those that are very earnest in their prayers. Hannah writhed her lips; Solomon spread his arms; the publican beat his breast; Christ cast himself grovelling on the ground; Elijah put his face betwixt his knees, &c. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the child sneezed seven times.<\/strong> ] Thereby venting and expelling those humours that oppressed his brains, and stopping the passages of the vital spirits, had suffocated him. His grief lay in his head, 2Ki 4:19 overheated by the sun. a<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the child opened his eyes.<\/strong> ] Thus the work is done by degrees and with difficulty, mystically showing how hard it is to raise one dead in sins and trespasses, and to bring the work to any good effect. To comfort a wounded conscience is as great work, saith Luther, as to raise one from the dead. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Aestus et aestas et Graecorum<\/em> fit ab Hebraea<\/em> Esch,<\/em> Ignis. – Becman.<\/p>\n to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither <\/p>\n and the child opened: 2Ki 8:1, 2Ki 8:5, 2Ki 13:21, 1Ki 17:22, Luk 7:14, Luk 7:15, Luk 8:55, Joh 11:43, Joh 11:44, Act 9:40 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Act 20:10 – and fell<\/p>\n 2Ki 4:35. Then he returned and walked in the house Exercising his mind in prayer to God. And went up, &c. Repeating his former actions, to teach us not to be discouraged in our prayers, if we be not speedily answered. And the child sneezed seven times Whereby his head was cleared, in which his pain had chiefly lain; and the child opened his eyes So the work begun in the former verse is here perfected. Although miracles were for the most part done in an instant, yet sometimes they were done by degrees. See here the power of God, who kills and makes alive again! see the power of prayer; as it has the key of the clouds, so it has the key of death! see the power of faith; that fixed law of nature, namely, that death is a way whence there is no returning, shall rather be dispensed with, than this believing Shunammite shall be disappointed!<\/p>\n 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed {r} seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<\/p>\n (r) Meaning, often.<\/p>\n Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 35. 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