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Luke 7:14

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 man comes to life.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE RAISING OF THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _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;...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. The miracle:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BIER: Or, coffin...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 7:1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 7:14 Then G2532 came G4334 (G5631) touched G680 (G5662) coffin G4673 and G1161 carried G941 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 17:21; Acts 9:40; Acts 9:41; Ephesians 5:12; Ezekiel 37:3;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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