SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:6
Y Elías le dijo: Te ruego que te quedes aquí, porque el SEÑOR me ha enviado al Jordán. Y él dijo: Vive el SEÑOR, y vive tu alma, que no te dejaré. Y así fueron ellos ambos.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. And Elijah said unto him, tarry, I pray thee, here , etc.] At Jericho, seemingly very desirous to get rid of him, that he might not see his assumption: for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan : where passing that he was to be taken up: and he said , etc; Elisha swore, as before, he would not leave him: and they two went on ; to Jordan, which was six miles from Jericho f10 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - The Lord had let Elijah know that his time was at hand. He therefor went to the different schools of the prophets to give them his las exhortations and blessing. The removal of Elijah was a type and figur of the ascension of Christ, and the opening of the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Elisha had long followed Elijah, and he would not leav him now when he hoped for the parting blessing. Let not those wh follow Christ come short by tiring at last. The waters of Jordan, or old, yielded to the ark; now, to the prophet's mantle, as a token of God's presence. When God will take up his faithful ones to heaven death is the Jordan which they must pass through, and they find a wa through it. The death of Christ has divided those waters, that the ransomed of the Lord may pass over. O death, where is thy sting, the hurt, thy terror!
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 לו אליהו 452 שׁב 3427 נא 4994 פה 6311 כי 3588 יהוה 3068 שׁלחני 7971 הירדנה 3383 ויאמר 559 חי 2416 יהוה 3068 וחי 2416 נפשׁך 5315 אם 518 אעזבך 5800 וילכו 1980 שׁניהם׃ 8147
