Soon afterwards (εν το εξης). According to this reading supply χρονω, time. Other MSS. read τη εξης (supply ημερα, day). Hεξης occ…

A city called Nain. This city was in Galilee, in the boundaries of the tribe of Issachar. It was about two miles south of Mount Tabor, and…

He went into a city called Nain.—The narrative that follows is peculiar to St. Luke.

The name of the city has survived, with hardly…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Lord joins one miracle to another. In the former instance, He came when called for, but in this, …

Nain lay a few miles to the southeast of Jesus’ hometown, Nazareth. Luke typically notes the “large crowd” (e.g., 5:15, 29; 6:17; 8:4).

And it happened, that he went into a city. In all the miracles of Christ, we must pay attention to the rule that Matthew lays down. We sho…

And it came to pass the day after
The Vulgate Latin reads "afterward", not expressing any day, as in ([Reference Luk…

When the Lord saw the poor widow following her son to the grave, he had compassion on her. See Christ's power over death itself.

The gospel …