2 Raja-raja 2:3

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild ¹  in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” ²  He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Raja-raja 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ³  appealed ⁴  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ⁵  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Raja-raja 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ⁶  appealed ⁷  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ⁸  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

Kisah Para Rasul 20:35

20:35 By all these things, ⁹  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ¹⁰  the weak, ¹¹  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ¹² 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[4:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[20:35]  ⁹ sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”

[20:35]  ¹⁰ tn Or “must assist.”

[20:35]  ¹¹ tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.

[20:35]  ¹² sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.