Touched the bier (ηψατο του σορου). An urn for the bones or ashes of the dead in Homer, then the coffin (Genesis 5:26)…

He came and touched the bier.—The noun so translated is used by classical authors in various senses. Here the facts make …

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

Jesus risked ritual defilement by touching the coffin. He then did what would seem useless—he spoke to a dead person. When the young man returned t…

Young man, I say to you. By this word Christ proved the truth of the saying of Paul, that God calls those things which are not, as the…

And he came and touched the bier
Or "bed", as the Syriac version renders it; and such was (hjm<…

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.