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LUKE 7:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.”
As he approached the town gate, a dead man was being carried out — the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her — the two processions meet at the gate: Jesus and his crowd coming in, the funeral procession coming out. The dead man is the only son of his widowed mother — the double loss (widow, only son) communicates the completeness of the woman's desolation. In the ancient world, a widow without a son had no economic support and no social protection.

Church Fathers on Luke 7:12

The Lord joins one miracle upon another. In the former instance He came indeed when called for, but in this He came self-invited; as it is said, And it came to pass the day after that he went into a city called Nain.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Nain is a city of Galilee, within two miles of mount Tabor. But by the divine counsel there were large multitudes accompanying the Lord, that there might be many witnesses of so great a miracle. Hence it follows, And his disciples went with him, and much people.

Bede · 8th century

Now the proof of the resurrection we learn not so much from the words as from the works of our Savior, who, beginning His miracles with the less wonderful, reconciled our faith to far greater. First indeed in the grievous sickness of the centurion’s servant, He verged upon the power of resurrection; afterwards with a higher power he led men to the belief in a resurrection, when He raised the widow’s son, who was carried out to be buried; as it is said, Now when he came nigh…

Gregory the Great · 6th century
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