1 Samuel 28:14 (WEB)
He said to her, “What does he look like?” She said, “An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe.” Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and showed respect.
Fathers and councils · 2
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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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 · 5
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 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 On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 18.