Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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, etc.—affecting particulars, told with delightful simplicity.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 7:12:
Matthew 8:20
Luke 7:11
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