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Luke 7:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 7:12

Verse 12 of 50

Scripture focus

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.

Luke 7:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 7:12

Theological / Devotional

Nigh to the gate. The local cemetery lay about half a mile east of Nain, beside the only pathway up to the village (see on v. 11). The rock-hewn tombs still stand beside the pathway, about ten minutes’ walk east of the village. This marks the first occasion in the gospel narrative when the Lord of life came face to face with death and triumphed over it.

Only. Gr. monogenes, “only,” or “an only one of a kind” (see on John 1:14).

Widow. The fact that the woman was a widow, and this her only son, made the situation pathetic in the extreme.

Much people of the city. Evidently the widow’s extremity touched the hearts of the villagers, and many if not most of them accompanied her to the burial site. Their sympathy was met by the sympathy of the great Life-giver.

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