Luke 4:25

For I say to you the truth, that many widows were in the house of Isroel in the days of Elia the prophet, when the heavens were shut up for three years and six months, and great famine was in all the land;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

24But he said, I tell you assuredly, There is no prophet who is received in his (own) city.

26and to none of them was Elia sent, but to Sarephath of Tsaidon, unto a woman a widow:

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Cross References

Mark 7:26But that woman was a Gentile of Phuniki of Suria, and she prayed of him to cast out the demon from her daughter.

Romans 9:15behold, also, he said unto Musha, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.

Ephesians 1:9and hath made known to us the mystery of his will, which before he had determined in himself should be done:

James 5:17Elia also was a man of suffering, as we; and he prayed that the rain should not fall upon the earth, and it fell not (for) 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 →

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