They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
1 Kings 13:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the king heard the message that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, ‘Arrest him! ’ But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When King Jeroboam heard the words the man of God cried against the altar in Bethel, he thrust out his hand, saying, Lay hold on him! And his hand which he put forth against him dried up, so that he could not draw it to him again. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him. Common English Bible When the king heard the word of the man of God and how he cried out to the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched his hand from the altar and said, “Seize him!” But the hand that Jeroboam stretched out against the man of God grew stiff. Jeroboam wasn’t able to bend it back to himself. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, he extended his hand from the altar, saying, "Apprehend him!" But his hand, which he had extended against him, withered. And he was unable to draw it back to himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, he stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying: Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched forth against him withered: and he was not able to draw it back again to him. |
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
He gave a sign that day. He said, ‘This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: “The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.” ’
The altar was ripped apart, and the ashes poured from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
and say, “This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only a little bread and water until I come back safely.” ’
Asa was enraged with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.
‘And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.
After looking round at them all, he told him, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He did, and his hand was restored.
Truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives him who sent me.’
When Jesus told them, ‘I am he,’ they stepped back and fell to the ground.
If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.