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God's Sovereign Grace
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, highlight that Jesus uses this story to teach about God's sovereignty. His mercy is not limited by nationality or geography. God chose to send Elijah to a Gentile widow, bypassing many in Israel, to show that He bestows grace according to His own will, not human expectations or entitlement.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 4:26
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Luke 4:26
Unto Zarephath (εις Σαρεπτα). The modern village Surafend on the coast road between Tyre and Sidon.
Unto a woman th…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 4:26
19th Century
Bishop
Save unto Sarepta.—Better, but to Sarepta, the Greek conjunction here marking a contrast rather than an exception. Sarep…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 4:26
19th Century
Preacher
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
This was essentially sayin…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 4:26
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…
John Gill
On Luke 4:26
17th Century
Pastor
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,…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 4:14–30
17th Century
Minister
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…