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Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son From the Dead
Jesus traveled to Nain and met a funeral procession leaving the village. A widow’s only son had died, but Jesus brought the young man back to life. This miracle, recorded only in Luke, reveals Jesus’ compassion for people’s needs. Luke 7:11–15 NIV The widow’s situation was serious. She had lost her husband, and now her only son had died—her last means of support. The crowd of mourners would go home, and she would be left penniless and alone. The widow was probably past the age of childbearing and would not marry again. Unless a relative came to her aid, her future was bleak. She would be an easy prey for swindlers, and she would likely be reduced to begging for food. In fact, as Luke repeatedly emphasizes, this woman was just the kind of person Jesus had come to help—and help her he did. Jesus has great compassion on your pain, and he has the power to bring hope out of any tragedy. Luke 7:11–17 NIV This story illustrates salvation. The whole world was dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1), just as the widow’s son was dead. Being dead, we could do nothing to help ourselves—we couldn’t even ask for help. But God had compassion on us, and he sent Jesus to raise us to life with him (Ephesians 2:4–7). The dead man did not earn his second chance at life, and we cannot earn our new life in Christ. But we can accept God’s gift of life, praise God for it, and use our lives to do his will.
Life Application Bible Notes (Tyndale, 2007), 1693–1694.
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