13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)We have here the story of Christ’s raising to life a widow’s son at Nain, that was dead and in the carrying out to be buried, which Matthew and Mark had made no mention of; only, in the general, Matthew had recorded it, in Christ’s answer to the disciples of John, that the dead were raised up, Matt. 11:5. Observe, I. Where, and when, this miracle was wrought. It was the next day after he had cured…
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