Luk 7:11-15 | PNT | STEP | He went into a city . The raising of the son of the widow of Nain is only recorded by Luke. Nain . A village on the northwest slope of Little Hermon, about twenty-five miles south of Capernaum.

Luke 7:11-15

He went into a city. The raising of the son of the widow of Nain is only recorded by Luke.

Nain. A village on the northwest slope of Little Hermon, about twenty-five miles south of Capernaum. Came nigh to the gate. Like most Oriental towns it had walls and a gate. Just outside of the gate he met the funeral procession. The dead were always carried out of a Jewish city for burial.

A dead man carried out. On a bier, the body covered by a cloth, but not in a coffin.

The only son. Such a loss to a Jewish widow would be too great for consolation. See Jer 6:26 Am 8:10 Zec 12:10. Had compassion. Sorrow or need always touched his loving heart.

Weep not. How often he has dried up the fountains of sorrow. Touched the bier. As a signal to stop. There was an authority in not only the words but the acts of the Lord which compelled obedience.

Arise. This is the first time he spoke these words to the dead. It must have been to his disciples and the multitude a moment of suspense and wonder. Sat up. As the daughter of Jairus, and Lazarus, so the widow's son at once obeyed, arose and spoke. The Lord finished his work by taking him by the hand and presenting him to his mother. Language is too feeble to express her joy.