Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 28:13

13 Wáng duì fùrén shuō , búyào jùpà , nǐ kànjian le shénme ne . fùrén duì Sǎoluó shuō , wǒ kànjian yǒu shén cóng dì lǐ shàng lái .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 28:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13

And the king said unto her, be not afraid
Meaning not of the apparition, but of him; since he had sworn no punishment should come upon her, and he should inviolably observe his oath: for what sawest thou? for as yet Saul himself saw not anything, the woman being between him and the apparition; or she might be in another room with her familiar spirit performing the operations when Samuel appeared:

and the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth;
a great personage, one of a majestic form, like the gods, or judges and civil magistrates, sometimes so called, as Kimchi and R. Isaiah rightly interpret it; and so the Targum,

``I saw an angel of the Lord;''

a person that looked like one; for not many came up with him, and particularly Moses, as say some Jewish writers ^F4.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 T. Bab. Chagigah, fol. 4. 8. Pirke Eliezer, c. 33.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 28:13 In-Context

11 Fùrén shuō , wǒ wèi nǐ zhāo shuí shàng lái ne . huídá shuō , wèi wǒ zhāo Sǎmǔĕr shàng lái .

12 Fùrén kànjian Sǎmǔĕr , jiù dàshēng hūjiào , duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ shì Sǎoluó , wèishénme qī hōng wǒ ne .

13 Wáng duì fùrén shuō , búyào jùpà , nǐ kànjian le shénme ne . fùrén duì Sǎoluó shuō , wǒ kànjian yǒu shén cóng dì lǐ shàng lái .

14 Sǎoluó shuō , tā shì zĕnyàng de xíngzhuàng . fùrén shuō , yǒu yī gè lǎo rén shàng lái , shēn chuān zhǎng yǐ . Sǎoluó zhīdào shì Sǎmǔĕr , jiù qū shēn , liǎn fú yú dì xià baì .

15 Sǎmǔĕr duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ wèishénme jiǎorǎo wǒ , zhāo wǒ shàng lái ne . Sǎoluó huídá shuō , wǒ shén jiǒng jí . yīnwei Fēilìshì rén gōngjī wǒ , shén yĕ líkāi wǒ , bú zaì jiè xiānzhī huò mèng huídá wǒ . yīncǐ qǐng nǐ shàng lái , hǎo zhǐshì wǒ yīngdāng zĕnyàng xíng .