...challenge to the priests of Baal he mocked them for their god's failure to manifest his power, saying 'either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked' (i Kings 18: 27). 127 THE WAY THAT HE TOOK (Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides): first published...

...a cruse. I Kings ch. 17, v. 12 27 How long halt ye between two opinions? I Kings ch. 1 8, v. 2i 28 He is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he slcepeth, and must be awaked. I Kings ch. 1 8, v. 27 29 There is a sound of abundance of rain. I Kings...

...to Baal in vain. Then Elijah mocked them with magnificent irony: "Cry aloud," taunted the prophet, "for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened."27 If these words were quoted out...

...after the fashion of the prophet Elijah, who had taunted the priests of Baal for their god's impotence: 'Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked'. 13. The phrase 'feet of brass' is derived from Revelation...

...in order, "Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking [to someone other than the human race], or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (1 Kg. 18:27). However, if God is personal, He can speak. As Christians, it is our conviction that...

...us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar, which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood...

...hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Elijah's scorn and sarcasm were not lost on the false prophets and they doubled their efforts. His...

...These men were working themselves into a frenzy, trying to get a response from their make-believe god: "Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened" (1 Kings 18:27). Paul, in the tradition of Elijah, here ridicules both the Corinthians, who...

...hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered, And they leaped upon the altar which was made, 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And...

...absolutely cloudless sky. And Elijah makes fun of them in the most approved charitable manner in verse 27: “And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.” ‘Pursuing” is a euphemism which means, perhaps he is making water after all. But the priests are...