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Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
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A Picture of Utter Despair
Commentators stress that Luke intentionally highlights the woman's situation as the height of tragedy. She was a widow who had now lost her "only son." As scholar A.T. Robertson notes, this was the "greatest misfortune conceivable." Beyond the emotional devastation, this loss likely meant she was now destitute, with no male relative to provide for her in that society. Jesus steps into a scene of complete hopelessness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The gate of the city. Cities were surrounded by walls to defend them from their enemies. They were entered through gates placed at conveni…
Behold (κα ιδου). The κα introduces the apodosis of the temporal sentence and has to be left out in translations. It is a common i…
19th Century
Anglican
The only son of his mother, and she was a widow.—The two facts are obviously stated as enhancing the bitterness of the mo…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
The only son of his mother. The reason which led Christ to restore the young man to life was that He saw the widow deprived of he…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city of Naim:
behold: there was a dead man carried out
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