1 Re 19:20

20 Ed Eliseo lasciò i buoi, e corse dietro ad Elia, e disse: Deh! lascia che io baci mio padre e mia madre, e poi ti seguiterò. Ed Elia gli disse: Va’, e ritorna; perciocchè, che ti ho io fatto?

1 Re 19:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 19:20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah
His heart being touched by the Lord at the same time, and his mind enlightened to understand what was meant by that action:

and said, let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother;
take his leave of them in this way, which was what was used by friends at parting, see ( Ruth 1:9 Ruth 1:14 )

and then I will follow thee;
which he understood was meant by his casting his mantle over him:

and he said unto him, go back again;
to his plough:

for what have I done to thee?
he had only cast the skirts of his mantle over him, and had said nothing to him; this he said to try him, and get out of him what was in his heart, and how it had been touched by the Spirit of God; and if so, then he suggests it was not what he had done, but what the Lord had impressed upon him, that would oblige him to return, and follow him, after he had taken his leave of his parents.

1 Re 19:20 In-Context

18 Or io ho riserbati in Israele settemila uomini, che son tutti quelli le cui ginocchia non si sono inchinate a Baal, e la cui bocca non l’ha baciato.

19 Ed Elia si partì di là, e trovò Eliseo, figliuolo di Safat, il quale arava, avendo davanti a sè dodici paia di buoi; ed egli era col duodecimo. Ed Elia andò da lui, e gli gittò addosso il suo mantello.

20 Ed Eliseo lasciò i buoi, e corse dietro ad Elia, e disse: Deh! lascia che io baci mio padre e mia madre, e poi ti seguiterò. Ed Elia gli disse: Va’, e ritorna; perciocchè, che ti ho io fatto?

21 Ed egli, lasciatolo, se ne ritornò in casa, e prese un paio di buoi, e li ammazzò; e con gli arnesi de’ buoi ne cosse la carne, e la diede al popolo, ed essi mangiarono. Poi si levò, e andò dietro ad Elia, e gli fu ministro.