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Luke 7:14
And He came and touched the bier; and they that bare him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
And He came and touched the bier; and they that bare him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN (Lk. only). This incident is conditioned by the reply to the Baptist's inquiry in Luke 7:22, the dead are raised up. It is more difficult than the story of Jairus-' daught...
Next, after that, Jesus was on his way to a town called Nain; and his disciples and a great crowd accompanied him on the journey. When he came near the gate of the town--look you--a man who had died w...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
CAME. came up. TOUCHED. Without defilement. Another remarkable fact, emphasized by the and". BIER. Probably of wicker-work. STOOD STILL. Another remarkable particular. Young man. App-108. Arise. Ap...
_touched the bier_ Rather, -the coffin." Here again, as in the case of the leper (Luke 5:12), our Lord sacrificed the mere Levitical ceremonialism, with its rules about uncleanness, to a higher law. J...
ΤΗ͂Σ ΣΌΡΟΥ. ‘The coffin.’ Here again, as in the case of the leper (Luke 5:12), our Lord sacrificed the mere Levitical ceremonialism, with its rules about uncleanness, to a higher law. Jewish coffins w...
THE RAISING OF THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN...
Ver 11. And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, th...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) подходить, ΉΨΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΤΟΜΑΙ (G681) дотрагиваться, с _gen._ Таким образом Он мог оскверниться (ВВС), ΣΟΡΌΣ (G4673) о...
DISCOURSE: 1500 THE WIDOW’S SON RAISED Luke 7:14. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and...
WHEN THE LORD SAW HER, &C.— Jesus, whose tenderness made him susceptible of the strongest impressions from occurrences of this kind, knowing that the mother's affection was bitter, and the occasion of...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Sorrowing (Luke 7:11-17) 11 Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12As he drew near to the gate of the city...
And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. AND HE CAME AND TOUCHED THE BIER - no doubt with a look and manner which said,...
2 What He has said has neither interpretation nor application to nations outside the Israelitish fold. None of those present could so have understood His words, for their prejudice against the gentile...
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON (peculiar to Lk). On the credibility and significance of Christ's miracles of resurrection, consult Matthew 9:18; John 11:1....
THE BIER] a mere pallet, not a coffin. I SAY UNTO THEE] Elijah and Elisha raised the dead with difficulty, and after strong wrestlings with God in prayer (1 Kings 17:20; 2 Kings 4:33), Christ without...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
HE CAME AND TOUCHED THE BIER. — The noun so translated is used by classical authors in various senses. Here the facts make it clear that it was after the Jewish manner of burial. It was not a closed-u...
_The son of the widow of Nain_. In Lk. only. ἐν τῷ ἑξῆς (καιρῷ), in the following time, thereafter; vague. ἐν τῇ ἑ. would mean: on the following _day_ (ἡμέρᾳ, understood), _i.e._, the day after the he...
σοροῦ, the bier (here only in N. T.), probably an open coffin, originally an urn for keeping the bones of the dead. ἔστησαν : those who carried the coffin stood, taking the touch of Jesus as a sign th...
“GOD HATH VISITED HIS PEOPLE” Luke 7:11-23 Nain lay near the plain of Esdraelon, on the slopes of Little Hermon. Two confluent streams met there-those with Christ and those with death, Luke 7:11-12....
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...
Here Christ shews that he raised the dead by his own power, and at his own command: I say to thee, arise. This shews that it is the voice of God that speaks; for the dead can hear the voice of him alo...
RAISING THE WIDOW'S SON Luke 7:11-17. “And it came to pass consecutively, He was going into a city called Nain, and many disciples of His, and a great multitude, were accompanying Him. And when He dre...
3. _The Son of the Widow of Nain: Luke 7:11-17_. The following narrative is one of those which clearly reveal our Lord's tenderness of heart, and the power which human grief exerted over Him. The hist...
_The Miracle._ The expression: _the Lord_, is seldom met with in our Gospels except in Luke, and principally in the passages which are peculiar to him: Luke 10:1; Luke 11:39; Luke 12:42;...
(11) And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain: and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. (12) Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, Behold, ther...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
14._Young man, I say to thee. _By this word Christ proved the truth of the saying of Paul, that _God calleth those things which are not, as they were, _(Romans 4:17.) He addresses the dead man, and ma...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
AND HE CAME AND TOUCHED THE BIER,.... Or "bed", as the Syriac version renders it; and such was מטה, "the bier", or bed, on which one of three years old, and upward, was carried as above mentioned: so...
And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare _him_ stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Ver. 14. _Young man, I say unto thee, Arise_] Had he said as much to all the de...
_When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her_, &c. Jesus, whose tenderness made him susceptible of the strongest impressions from occurrences of this kind, knowing that the mother's affliction was...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
BIER: Or, coffin...
11-18 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. The gospel call to all people, to young people particularly, is,...
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‘And he came near and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still.' Then He came near to the bier and touched it, probably in a recognised way in order to indicate that the carriers should stop. Thi...
Luke 7:14. THE BIER. An open coffin was used among the Jews. THE BEARERS STOOD STILL. Stopped, not by miraculous influence, yet probably because of our Lord's manner. That they had heard of Him is o...
Luke 7:11-17. THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON AT NAIN. Peculiar to Luke. Of course the silence of the other Evangelists is no argument against the truthfulness of Luke's account. As compared with the o...
CHRONOLOGY. The healing of the centurion's servant at Capernaum followed the discourse recorded in the last chapter, no event of which we have any account intervening. (See on Matthew 8:1 ff.) The rai...
TOUCHED THE BIER (ηψατο του σορου). An urn for the bones or ashes of the dead in Homer, then the coffin (Genesis 5:26), then the funeral couch or bier as here. Only here in the N.T. Jesus touched t...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
AND TOUCHED THE COFFIN. This signaled them to stop. GET UP! This is the first time he commanded the dead to "get up!" Compare the raising of Jairus' daughter (Matthew 9:18-26); and the raising of Laza...
_And it came to pass the day after that He went into a city called Nain_ THE FUNERAL OF A YOUTH The miracle requires a few REMARKS and a few REFLECTIONS. I. The first thing we behold is a FUNERAL PR...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:14 BIER. A plank that served as an open coffin to carry the dead body outside the city to its burial place. Jesus is not made unclean when he touches the dead. Instead, the dead ma...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:11 This miracle, involving a widow’s son, recalls a similar miracle by Elijah (1 Kings 17:17)....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_And He came and touched the bier: and He said Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. The bier_, an open bier surely, as is common amongst the Jews. _Arise._ Elijah, Elisha, and others restored the dead t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:12. CARRIED OUT.—Places of burial were outside the towns, to avoid ceremonial defilement. Luke 7:13. THE LORD.—This title for Jesus is much more frequently found in the third...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
1 Kings 17:21; Acts 9:40; Acts 9:41; Ephesians 5:12; Ezekiel 37:3;...
Touched. Not fearing the ceremonial defilement of contact with the dead. The bier [σ ο ρ ο ς]. In classical Greek, originally, of a vessel for holding anything : sometimes of a cinerary urn. Here the...
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOWS SON Luke 7:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Events crowded rapidly into the life of our blessed Lord. His days of service in behalf of the sick, the blind, the lame, the halt, the ma...