THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 28:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the ground, and sat upon the bed.
וַיְמָאֵ֗ן וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֹכַ֔ל וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ב֤וֹ עֲבָדָיו֙ וְגַם־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע לְקֹלָ֑ם וַיָּ֙קָם֙ מֵֽהָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶל־הַמִּטָּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 25:20And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.
- Luke 14:23And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 24:29But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.
- 2 Cor 5:14For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.