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Luke 7:12 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 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.Luke 7:12 · King James Version
Luke 7:12 in context
10And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
11And 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.
12Now 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.
13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beholdkaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- widowchēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- nighengizōto bring near, to join one thing to another, to draw or come near to, to approachG1448 →
- gatepylēa gate, of the larger sort, in the wall of either a city, a palace, a town, the temple, a…G4439 →
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We have here the story of Christ's raising to life a widow's son at Nain, that was dead and in the carrying out to be buried, which Matthew and Mark had made no mention of; only, in the general, Matthew had recorded it, in Christ's answer to the disciples of John, that the dead were raised up, Mat 11:5. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18