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Originally Posted by Esaias
Anyways, I think most here in the thread have agreed it was a vision. Maybe not agreeing on the source or purpose of the vision, but a vision nonetheless. (Saul wasn't seeing anything, the witch was.)
Which means yes it WAS Samuel... in the vision. Meanwhile Sammy is dead and resting until the resurrection.
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I don't think we can conclude that it was merely a vision.
1 Samuel 28:15-20 (ESV),
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15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.” 16 And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy? 17 The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. 18 Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. 19 Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”
20 Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.
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If this was merely a vision that the woman was having, it cannot adequately explain the above interaction between Saul and Samuel. It may have begun as some kind of visionary experience exclusive to the woman, but it certainly didn't end there.
It ends with a dialogue and a prophecy, far more than just a vision...
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