Luke 7:12

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

A widow

And much

Luke 8:52

John 11:19

Bible References

The only

His twelve-year old daughter was dying. She was his only daughter. As he went the crowds surrounded him.

Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

All my relatives have turned against me and are demanding that I hand my son over to them. They want to kill him for murdering his brother. If they do this, I will be left without a son. They will destroy my last hope. They will leave my husband without a son to keep his name alive.

Go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and live there. I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

Elisha said to her: By this time next year you will hold a son in your arms. Please do not lie to me. You are a man of God! She said.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

A widow

The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

And much

They were all weeping and morning her. He said: Do not weep for she is not dead, but sleeps.

Many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother.