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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:12

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.The gate of the city ... does not indicate that the city had a wall, referring rather to "the opening between the houses, by which the road entered the town."[16] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.Weep not ... It was not possible, at the moment, for this bereaved widow to respond to such a command; but the Lord never gave a command without supplying the power to obey it. This is still an imperative, with qualification, to Christians of all ages: "Sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Someone has remarked that Jesus broke up every funeral he ever attended! read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:14

And he came nigh and touched the bier; and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.Touched the bier ... Thus, Jesus defied the ceremonial defilement forbidding such a thing; because the dead could not defile him, but conversely he raised the dead!Young man, I say unto thee, Arise ... This corresponds exactly, except for the salutation, with what Jesus said to the daughter of Jairus (Mark 5:41); and the spiritual application is the same. See under that reference... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:15

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.The power of the Son of God is truly infinite. Not even the charlatans of earth have ever attempted to fake such a thing as this. That a dead body should respond to the command of Jesus is a wonder of such magnitude as to numb the senses of all who contemplate it. Following the pattern of all his miracles of raising the dead, Jesus here obviously restored the young man to his former condition in life; and, in this,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:16

And fear took hold on all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.Fear took hold ... This was the natural result of such a miracle. The souls of men tremble when conscious of the presence of God; and such a presence had clearly demonstrated itself at the gate of Nain. The incarnation was affirmed by the conviction of the people who said, "God hath visited his people." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:12

Luke 7:12. There was a dead man carried out,— It was customary for the Jews to bury out of the city, as appears from Matthew 27:60. This custom was likewise observed by other nations. The Jews might have introduced it to prevent their being polluted by touching the biers or dead bodies of their countrymen; but both they and the heathens might have had a further reason for this institution, namely, the preservation of their health; it being notorious that the effluvia which proceed from dead... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:13-15

Luke 7:13-15. 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 it real, was greatly moved at the sorrowful scene. Nor was his sympathy vain: he resolved to turn their mourning into joy, by raising the young man from the dead. The opportunity was peculiarly proper, as the multitude of the people attending the corpse entirely prevented all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:16

Luke 7:16. Saying,—that God hath visited his people,— This is the expression which Zacharias the father ofthe Baptist used, when he spoke of the coming of the Messiah, ch. Luke 1:68. Wherefore the meaning of the inhabitants of Nain was this, God hath visited the people, by having raised up among them the great Prophet, promised to Moses in the law. The evangelist justly observes, that by acknowledging Jesus as the Messiah, they glorified God. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:12

12. carried out—"was being carried out." Dead bodies, being ceremonially unclean, were not allowed to be buried within the cities (though the kings of David's house were buried m the city of David), and the funeral was usually on the same day as the death. only son, &c.—affecting particulars, told with delightful simplicity. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:13

13. the Lord—"This sublime appellation is more usual with Luke and John than Matthew; Mark holds the mean" [BENGEL]. saw her, he had compassion, &c.—What consolation to thousands of the bereaved has this single verse carried from age to age! read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:13-15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:13

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