Luke 7:14
and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing [it] stood still, and he said, 'Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;
Cross References
1 Kings 17:21And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;'
Job 14:14If a man dieth — doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
Isaiah 26:19'Thy dead live — My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
Luke 7:17And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.
John 5:21'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;
John 5:28'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
Matthew Henry on Luke 7:12-19
The Widow of Nain. 11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I… Read the whole commentary →