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Luke 4:25 KJV
Luke · chapter 4 · verse 25
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;Luke 4:25 · King James Version
Luke 4:25 in context
23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- widowschēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- EliasēliasElijah = " my God is Jehovah" , a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching…G2243 →
- threetreisthreeG5140 →
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After Christ had vanquished the evil spirit, he made it appear how much he was under the influence of the good Spirit; and, having defended himself against the devil's assaults, he now begins to act offensively, and to make those attacks upon him, by his preaching and miracles, which he could not resist or repel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-30