Luk 7:13-14 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Luke 7:13-14: 7:13-14 The word translated coffin may refer to a casket or a funeral bier. A Jew was rendered unclean by touching a dead body or the coffin or bier (Lev 21:1 , 11-12 ). As when he touched the man with leprosy (Luke 5:13 ), however, Jesus was not defiled. He replaced disease and death with cleansing and life.

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‏ Luke 7:13-14

Summary for Luke 7:13-14: 7:13-14 ^a The word translated coffin may refer to a casket or a funeral bier. A Jew was rendered unclean by touching a dead body or the coffin or bier (Lev 21:1 ^b, 11-12 ^c). As when he touched the man with leprosy (Luke 5:13 ^d), however, Jesus was not defiled. He replaced disease and death with cleansing and life.