Unto Zarephath (εις Σαρεπτα). The modern village Surafend on the coast road between Tyre and Sidon.

Unto a woman th…

Save unto Sarepta. Sarepta was a town between Tyre and Sidon, near the Mediterranean Sea. It was not a Jewish city, but a Sidonian, and th…

Save unto Sarepta.—Better, but to Sarepta, the Greek conjunction here marking a contrast rather than an exception. Sarep…

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he …

St. John Chrysostom: When our Lord came to Nazareth, He refrained from miracles to avoid provoking the people to even greater …

Jesus does not state here that the prophets Elijah (v.26) and Elisha (v.27) went to Gentiles because they were rejected by the Jews; rather, they w…

But unto none of them was Elias sent
That is, to none of the poor widows in the land of Israel was the prophet sent,…

Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the…