A man of the company. — Better, a man from among the multitude.

Master. — Here St. Luke uses the more common word, which means “teacher.”

He is mine only child. — Note, as in the history of the widow of Nain (Luke 5:12), the tender sympathy shown in St. Luke’s narrative. He is the only Evangelist who calls attention to the fact.

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