Luke 7

A widow’s son raised

11 Now it happened on the next day that He went to a town called Nain, and many of His disciples went with Him, also a large crowd. 12 But as He approached the town gate, mercy, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her He had compassion on her*She needed compassion; her situation was desperate, with no means of support. and said to her, "Don’t cry!" 14 And advancing He took hold of the bier and the bearers stood still. Then He said, "Young man, to you I say, get up!"*Jesus was always specific when He brought someone back from the dead, so as not to empty the graveyard. 15 So the dead man sat up and began to talk! Yes, He gave him back to his mother.

16 Fear took hold of all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!" 17 And this report about Him went throughout Judea, as well as all the surrounding region.*Nain is in Galilee, but besides the surrounding region the report of this particular miracle made it to Judea as well.