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Selected Verse: Luke 7:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 7:16 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] there came [2983] a fear [5401] on all [537]: and [2532] they glorified [1392] God [2316], saying [3004], That [3754] a great [3173] prophet [4396] is risen up [1453] among [1722] us [2254]; and [2532], That [3754] God [2316] hath visited [1980] his [846] people [2992]. |
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King James |
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| visited his people--more than bringing back the days of Elijah and Elisha (Kg1 17:17-24; Kg2 4:32-37; and see Mat 15:31). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Came a fear on all - An "awe" or solemnity at the presence of one who had power to raise the dead, and at the miracle which had been performed.
Glorified God - Praised or honored God that he had sent such a prophet.
And, That God hath visited his people - Some said one thing and some another, but all expressing their belief that God had showed special favor to the people.
Hath visited - See Luk 1:68.
The raising of this young man was one of the most decisive and instructive of our Lord's miracles. There was no doubt that he was dead. There could be no delusion, and no agreement to impose on the people. He came near to the city with no reference to this young man; he met the funeral procession, as it were, by accident, and by a word he restored him to life. All those who had the best opportunity of judging - the mother, the friends - believed him to be dead, and were about to bury him. The evidence that he came to life was decisive. He sat up, he spoke, and "all" were impressed with the full assurance that God had raised him to life. Many witnesses were present, and none doubted that Jesus "by a word" had restored him to his weeping mother.
The whole scene was affecting. Here was a widowed mother who was following her only son, her stay and hope, to the grave. He was carried along - one in the prime of life and the only comfort of his parent - impressive proof that the young, the useful, the vigorous, and the lovely may die. Jesus met them, apparently a stranger. He approached the procession as if he had something important to say; he touched the bier and the procession stood still. He was full of compassion for the weeping parent, and by a word restored the youth, stretched upon the bier, to life. He sat up, and spoke. Jesus therefore had power over the dead. He also has power to raise sinners, dead in trespasses and sins, to life. He can speak the word, and, though in their death of sin they are borne along toward ruin, he can open their eyes, and raise them up, and restore them revived to real life or to their friends. Often he raises up children in this manner, and gives them, converted to God, to their friends, imparting as real joy as he gave to the widow of Nain by raising her son from the dead, And every child should remember, if he has pious parents, that there is "no way" in which he can give so much joy to them as by embracing Him who is the resurrection and the life, and resolving to live to his glory. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
There came a fear on all (ἔλαβεν δὲ φόβος ἅπαντας)
Lit., as Rev., fear took hold on all. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| God hath visited his people - Several MSS. and versions add, εις αγαθον, for good. Sometimes God visited his people in the way of judgment, to consume them in their transgressions; but it was now plain that he had visited them in the most tender compassion and mercy. This seems to have been added by some ancient copyist, by way of explanation. |
31 Insomuch that [5620] the multitude [3793] wondered [2296], when they saw [991] the dumb [2974] to speak [2980], the maimed [2948] to be whole [5199], the lame [5560] to walk [4043], and [2532] the blind [5185] to see [991]: and [2532] they glorified [1392] the God [2316] of Israel [2474].
32 And when Elisha [0477] was come [0935] into the house [01004], behold, the child [05288] was dead [04191], and laid [07901] upon his bed [04296].
33 He went in [0935] therefore, and shut [05462] the door [01817] upon them twain [08147], and prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068].
34 And he went up [05927], and lay [07901] upon the child [03206], and put [07760] his mouth [06310] upon his mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] upon his eyes [05869], and his hands [03709] upon his hands [03709]: and he stretched [01457] himself upon the child; and the flesh [01320] of the child [03206] waxed warm [02552].
35 Then he returned [07725], and walked [03212] in the house [01004] to [0259] [02008] and fro [0259] [02008]; and went up [05927], and stretched [01457] himself upon him: and the child [05288] sneezed [02237] seven [07651] times [06471], and the child [05288] opened [06491] his eyes [05869].
36 And he called [07121] Gehazi [01522], and said [0559], Call [07121] this Shunammite [07767]. So he called [07121] her. And when she was come in [0935] unto him, he said [0559], Take up [05375] thy son [01121].
37 Then she went in [0935], and fell [05307] at his feet [07272], and bowed [07812] herself to the ground [0776], and took up [05375] her son [01121], and went out [03318].
17 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that the son [01121] of the woman [0802], the mistress [01172] of the house [01004], fell sick [02470]; and his sickness [02483] was so [03966] sore [02389], that there was no breath [05397] left [03498] in him.
18 And she said [0559] unto Elijah [0452], What have I to do with thee, O thou man [0376] of God [0430]? art thou come [0935] unto me to call [02142] my sin [05771] to remembrance [02142], and to slay [04191] my son [01121]?
19 And he said [0559] unto her, Give [05414] me thy son [01121]. And he took [03947] him out of her bosom [02436], and carried him up [05927] into a loft [05944], where he abode [03427], and laid [07901] him upon his own bed [04296].
20 And he cried [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O LORD [03068] my God [0430], hast thou also brought evil [07489] upon the widow [0490] with whom I sojourn [01481], by slaying [04191] her son [01121]?
21 And he stretched [04058] himself upon the child [03206] three [07969] times [06471], and cried [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O LORD [03068] my God [0430], I pray thee, let this child's [03206] soul [05315] come [07725] into him [07130] again [07725].
22 And the LORD [03068] heard [08085] the voice [06963] of Elijah [0452]; and the soul [05315] of the child [03206] came [07725] into him [07130] again [07725], and he revived [02421].
23 And Elijah [0452] took [03947] the child [03206], and brought him down [03381] out of the chamber [05944] into the house [01004], and delivered [05414] him unto his mother [0517]: and Elijah [0452] said [0559], See [07200], thy son [01121] liveth [02416].
24 And the woman [0802] said [0559] to Elijah [0452], Now by this [02088] I know [03045] that thou art a man [0376] of God [0430], and that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] in thy mouth [06310] is truth [0571].
68 Blessed [2128] be the Lord [2962] God [2316] of Israel [2474]; for [3754] he hath visited [1980] and [2532] redeemed [3085] his [846] people [2992] [4160],