Luke 7:11-17

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Jesus Brings a Man Back to Life

¹¹ Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain [^Ca small village a few miles south of Nazareth], and his ·followers [disciples] and a large crowd traveled with him. ¹² When he came near the town gate, ·he saw a funeral [^Llook/^Tbehold, a dead man was being carried out]. A mother, who was a widow, had lost her only son. A large crowd from the town was with the mother while her son was being carried out. ¹³ When the Lord saw her, he felt ·very sorry [compassion] for her and said, “Don’t cry.” ¹⁴ He went up and touched the ·coffin [or bier; ^Cthe body was probably wrapped in cloths and lying on a wooden plank], and the people who were carrying it stopped. Jesus said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!” ¹⁵ And the ·son [^Ldead man] sat up and began to talk. Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

¹⁶ All the people were ·amazed [seized with fear; filled with awe] and began ·praising [glorifying] God, saying, “A great prophet has ·come to [^Lappeared/arisen among] us! God has ·come to help [looked favorably on; visited; 1:68] his people.”

¹⁷ This ·news [account; word] about Jesus spread through all Judea and into all the ·places around there [surrounding region].