Luke 7:14 — Community Reflections

LUKE 7:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.”

Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, young man, I say to you, get up — touching the bier (the stretcher carrying the corpse) creates ritual impurity for the one who touches — Jesus does not avoid the contamination but accepts it in order to reach the dead. The bearers stood still: the procession of death is interrupted. Young man, I say to you, get up (neaniske, soi legō, egerthēti): the personal address to the dead communicates resurrection as a relational act.

Church Fathers on Luke 7:14

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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