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Luke 7:12
Now, when He came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her.
Now, when He came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her.
Verse Luke 7:12. _CARRIED OUT_] The Jews always buried their dead _without_ the city, except those of the family of David. No burying places should be tolerated _within_ cities or towns; much less in...
THE GATE OF THE CITY - Cities were surrounded by walls, to defend them from their enemies. They were entered through “gates” placed at convenient distances from each other. In most cities it was not a...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN (Lk. only). This incident is conditioned by the reply to the Baptist's inquiry in Luke 7:22, the dead are raised up. It is more difficult than the story of Jairus-' daught...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
Next, after that, Jesus was on his way to a town called Nain; and his disciples and a great crowd accompanied him on the journey. When he came near the gate of the town--look you--a man who had died w...
THE GATE. All funerals were outside. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._ To call attention to the two great crowds meeting. A DEAD MAN. Greek _ho nekros._ App-139....
_came nigh to the gate_ All ordinary Jewish funerals are extramural. Nain is approached by a narrow rocky path, and it must have been at this spot that the two processions met. They were perhaps going...
THE RAISING OF THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN...
ἬΓΓΙΣΕΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΎΛΗΙ. All ordinary Jewish funerals are extramural. Nain is approached by a narrow rocky path, and it must have been at this spot that the two processions met. They were perhaps going to...
Ver 11. And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, th...
ΉΓΓΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΓΓΊΖΩ (G1448) подходить, приближаться, с _dat._ ΈΞΕΚΟΜΊΖΕΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΈΚΚΟΜΊΖΩ (G1580) выносить, в особенности, для похорон. _Impf._ указывает на развитие проц...
THERE WAS A DEAD MAN CARRIED OUT,— It was customary for the Jews to bury out of the city, as appears from Matthew 27:60. This custom was likewise observed by other nations. The Jews might have introdu...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Sorrowing (Luke 7:11-17) 11 Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12As he drew near to the gate of the city...
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. NOW WHEN HE CAME...
2 What He has said has neither interpretation nor application to nations outside the Israelitish fold. None of those present could so have understood His words, for their prejudice against the gentile...
CARRIED OUT] Jewish tombs were always outside the walls, and burials were required to be performed within 24 hours. ONLY SON] see Jeremiah 6:26; Zechariah 12:10; Amos 8:10....
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON (peculiar to Lk). On the credibility and significance of Christ's miracles of resurrection, consult Matthew 9:18; John 11:1....
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER, AND SHE WAS A WIDOW. — The two facts are obviously stated as enhancing the bitterness of the mother’s sorrow. The one prop of her life, the hope of her widowhood, had been...
_The son of the widow of Nain_. In Lk. only. ἐν τῷ ἑξῆς (καιρῷ), in the following time, thereafter; vague. ἐν τῇ ἑ. would mean: on the following _day_ (ἡμέρᾳ, understood), _i.e._, the day after the he...
καὶ ἰδού, and lo! The καὶ introduces the apodosis, but is really superfluous; very Hebrew (Godet). ἐξεκομίζετο, was being carried out (here only in N. T.); ἐκφέρειν used in the classics (Acts 5:6). Lo...
“GOD HATH VISITED HIS PEOPLE” Luke 7:11-23 Nain lay near the plain of Esdraelon, on the slopes of Little Hermon. Two confluent streams met there-those with Christ and those with death, Luke 7:11-12....
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...
The evangelist seems to relate this miracle, as if it had happened by mere accident; though, beyond a doubt, divine Providence disposed all things to increase the splendour of the miracle. Jesus Chris...
RAISING THE WIDOW'S SON Luke 7:11-17. “And it came to pass consecutively, He was going into a city called Nain, and many disciples of His, and a great multitude, were accompanying Him. And when He dre...
Luke 7:11-12. _The Meeting._ The reading ἐν τῷ ἑξῆς (χρόνῳ), _in the following time_, does not connect this narrative so closely with the preceding as the reading ἐν τῇἑξῆς (ἡμέρᾳ), _the following day...
3. _The Son of the Widow of Nain: Luke 7:11-17_. The following narrative is one of those which clearly reveal our Lord's tenderness of heart, and the power which human grief exerted over Him. The hist...
(11) And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain: and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. (12) Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, Behold, ther...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE WEEPING WIDOW_ ‘And she was a widow.’ Luke 7:12 The power of the Gospel of Christ lies in its extreme simplicity. And so in this chapter we get one of the simplest and most beautiful stories....
_LIFE FROM THE DEAD_ ‘There was a dead man carried out.’ Luke 7:12 Let us fix our thoughts on some of the salient details and teachings of this instructive narrative. I. JESUS CHRIST WAS THERE.—So...
12._The only son of his mother. _The reason which induced Christ to restore the young man to life was, that he saw the _widow _bereft of her _only son, _and had compassion on her: for he did not withh...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
NOW WHEN HE CAME NIGH TO THE GATE OF THE CITY,.... Of Naim: BEHOLD: THERE WAS A DEAD MAN CARRIED OUT; of the city; for they, used not to bury in cities, but in places without, and at some distance: t...
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. Ver. 12. _There was...
_He went into a city called Nain_ A town situated about a mile or two south of Tabor, and near Endor. _And many of his disciples went with him_ Among these, doubtless, were the twelve appointed to be...
No sorrows of a Christian mother, especially a widowed mother on the death of an only son, escape the tender and sympathizing notice of the Saviour. His bosom swells with pity; and when she thinks not...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
11-18 When the Lord saw the poor widow following her son to the grave, he had compassion on her. See Christ's power over death itself. The gospel call to all people, to young people particularly, is,...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V the widow's dead son, who was being carded out [to burial] near the gate [of the city];[96] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI Further, observe, that the Canaanit...
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‘Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and many people of the city was with her.' But when He...
Luke 7:12. THERE WAS CARRIED OUT. Graves were commonly outside the towns. THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER, etc. The circumstances were peculiarly adapted to call forth compassion. He might have learned th...
Luke 7:11-17. THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON AT NAIN. Peculiar to Luke. Of course the silence of the other Evangelists is no argument against the truthfulness of Luke's account. As compared with the o...
CHRONOLOGY. The healing of the centurion's servant at Capernaum followed the discourse recorded in the last chapter, no event of which we have any account intervening. (See on Matthew 8:1 ff.) The rai...
BEHOLD (κα ιδου). The κα introduces the apodosis of the temporal sentence and has to be left out in translations. It is a common idiom in Luke, κα ιδου.THERE WAS CARRIED OUT (εξεκομιζετο). Imperf...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
JUST AS HE ARRIVED AT THE GATE OF THE TOWN. Most towns in the Middle East had walls and a gate. He met the funeral procession coming out. The dead were always carried out of a Jewish town to be buried...
_And it came to pass the day after that He went into a city called Nain_ THE FUNERAL OF A YOUTH The miracle requires a few REMARKS and a few REFLECTIONS. I. The first thing we behold is a FUNERAL PR...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:12 THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER... A WIDOW reveals the woman’s desperate economic situation. Without a husband or a son, she has little financial support....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:11 This miracle, involving a widow’s son, recalls a similar miracle by Elijah (1 Kings 17:17)....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold_, _there was a dead man carried out_, &c. "Behold," _i.e._ by accident, humanly speaking, Christ met the bier; but the meeting was foreseen and f...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:12. CARRIED OUT.—Places of burial were outside the towns, to avoid ceremonial defilement. Luke 7:13. THE LORD.—This title for Jesus is much more frequently found in the third...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
1 Kings 17:12; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 17:23; 1 Kings 17:9; 1 Timot
Carried out. The tombs were outside of the city....
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOWS SON Luke 7:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Events crowded rapidly into the life of our blessed Lord. His days of service in behalf of the sick, the blind, the lame, the halt, the ma...