Luke 4:25

But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

In Context

24And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.

26and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.

Read all of Luke 4

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word.

Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

Mark 7:26(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

Romans 9:15For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

Ephesians 1:9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself

James 5:17Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 4:25