Section 7:11–17

Jesus caused a widow’s son to live again

In this section Jesus showed his compassion for a widow and her dead son by causing him to live again. This is the first time in the book of Luke that Jesus caused a dead person to live again. People were so excited that they spread the good news throughout the whole area.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

Jesus Brings a Widow’s Son Back to Life (God’s Word)
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Jesus raised a man from the dead

Paragraph 7:11–12

7:11a

Soon afterward: The event in this section happened not long after Jesus healed the centurion’s servant. It may have happened the next day.

a town called Nain: The town of Nain was probably in the district of Galilee, not far from the town of Nazareth. Though the Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as town is translated as “city” in many English versions, here it probably referred to a small town. Another way to translate this is:

the village of Nain (New Living Translation (2004))

7:11b

His disciples:
The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as disciples means “learners” who are in a special relationship with a teacher. The learners commit themselves to their teacher in order to learn from him and live according to his teaching and example. Disciples often lived with their teacher and followed him wherever he went.

Some ways to translate this are:

students/learners
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apprentices
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followers

See how you translated this term at 5:30a. See also disciple in the Glossary for more information.

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