Elijah 以利亚

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Elijah 以利亚

图片说明： Elijah taken into heaven
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

列王纪上17：1

意思

以利亚源自希伯来文אֱלִיָּהוּ，意思为“我的上帝，我的王”。在旧约圣经的《列王纪》中，以利亚是一位公元前9世纪的先知。他曾使死人复活，还曾祷告祈求上帝从天上降下火来。他也是圣经中唯一被接升天的先知。他看見火車火馬，乘旋风升上天去。 i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English) 在新约圣经的《马可福音》中，当耶稣登山变像，以利亚同摩西在彼得、雅各、约翰前显现，并且向耶稣说话。（马可福音9：4-和合本）

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男

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