1 Samuel 28:12 (WEB)
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“For, indeed, it was no less than this that was anciently permitted to the Pythonic (or ventriloquistic) spirit—even to represent the soul of Samuel, when Saul consulted the dead, after (losing the living) God.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxviii. 6–16.
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Justin Martyr
“And that the souls survive, I have shown to you from the fact that the soul of Samuel was called up by the witch, as Saul demanded.” — editor's note: This demonstration is not given. [It could not be. The woman was herself frightened by the direct interposition of God. 1 Sam. xxviii. 12, 13.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“For Samuel the Prophet, appearing to Saul when living, predicted even what should befall the king: although some think it was not Samuel himself, that could have been by magical arts evoked, but that some spirit, meet for so evil works, did figure his…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxviii. 11–19
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 105.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 105.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.