Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The only

Bible References

The only

Luke 8:42
for he had a daughter, his only child, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went, the multitude pressed upon him.

A widow

Acts 9:39
Then Peter arose, and went with them; and when he had come, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to be dutiful to their own family, and to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable in the sight of God.
James 1:27
Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

And much

Luke 8:52
And all were weeping and lamenting her. Bat he said: Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.
John 11:19
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.