Luke 4:26

And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, to a widow woman of Sidon.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

In Context

25But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land.

27And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.

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Cross References

Obadiah 1:20And the captives of this host of the sons of Israel, who are [among] the Canaanites, [shall possess] even to Zarephath. And the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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