The Lord saw her (ιδων αυτην ο κυριος). The Lord of Life confronts death (Plummer) and Luke may use Κυριος here purposely.

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And when the Lord saw her.—The words are noticeable as being one of the comparatively few instances in which the term “th…

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

The cortege has already gone through the town and is on the way to the place of burial, customarily outside the town. The deceased was the “only so…

And when the Lord saw her, he had compa ion on her
Knowing her case, that she was a widow, and had lost her only son…

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 …