THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 12:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הִתְפַּלֵּ֧ל בְּעַד־עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וְאַל־נָמ֑וּת כִּֽי־יָסַ֤פְנוּ עַל־כָּל־חַטֹּאתֵ֙ינוּ֙ רָעָ֔ה לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לָ֖נוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 9:28Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer.
- 1 John 5:16He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask: and life shall be given to him who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death. For that I say not that any man ask.
- Ex 10:17But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.
- 1 Sam 12:23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you: and I will teach you the good and right way.
- Jas 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
- Acts 8:24Then Simon answering, said: Pray you for me to the Lord that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me.
- Isa 26:16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
- 1 Sam 7:5And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.