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10 And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well1 who had been sick.  

Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain

11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.
12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.
13 When the Lord saw her, He had acompassion on her and said to her, b“Do not weep.”  
14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, aarise.”  
15 So he who was dead asat up and began to speak. And He bpresented him to his mother.  
16 aThen fear1 came upon all, and they bglorified God, saying, c“A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, d“God has visited His people.”  
17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.

John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus

18 aThen the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things.  
19 And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to1 Jesus, saying, “Are You athe Coming One, or do we look for another?”  
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Luke 7:12-17

The most profound of all the miracles Jesus performed during His earthly ministry are those in which He resurrected someone. The New Testament records three of these resurrection miracles, including the raising of a widow's son, of Jairus' daughter, and of Lazarus. Luke the physician is the only one to record the raising of a widow's son (Luke 7:11-17). It is interesting that each of the three resurrection miracles reports the dead person in a different stage of death from the other instances. When Christ raises Jairus' daughter to life, she is still in the bed where she had died only a few hours earlier. The widow's son lies in an open coffin on his way to his grave when Jesus performs the miracle. Finally, Lazarus is already in the grave and has been dead for four days by the time Christ arrives and raises him from the dead (John 11:39).

The varying length of times they had been dead and yet were still resurrected shows that Christ can raise the dead no matter what. His miraculous power to resurrect is not dependent upon whether a person has just died, has been dead for days, or is already decomposing. The same principle holds true regarding spiritual salvation: God and Christ can save any sinner no matter how old he is, how long he has been a sinner, or how badly he has sinned.

In the account of the resurrection miracle in Luke 7, the young man who has died is the only son of his widowed mother (verse 12). His death is twice as traumatic for the woman because she is now sonless as well as spouseless.

Martin G. Collins
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Raising a Widow's Son

Related Topics: Jairus' Daughter | Jesus Christ's Miracles | Jesus Christ's Miracles Resurrecting Lazarus | Miracles of Jesus Christ | Miracles of Jesus Christ: Raising a Widow's Son | Miracles of Jesus Christ: Resurrections | Resurrection | Resurrection to Mortal Life | Salvation | Spiritual Salvation




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