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.
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Gill's Exposition
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,.... Of Naim:
behold: there was a dead man carried out; of the city; for they, used not to bury in cities, but in places without, and at some distance:…
Barnes' Notes
The gate of the city - Cities were surrounded by walls, to defend them from their enemies. They were entered through “gates” placed at convenient distances from each other. In most cities it was not…
Adam Clarke
Carried out - The Jews always buried their dead without the city, except those of the family of David. No burying places should be tolerated within cities or towns; much less in or about churches and…
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,…
Cambridge Bible
came nigh to the gate All ordinary Jewish funerals are extramural. Nain is approached by a narrow rocky path, and it must have been at this spot that the two processions met. They were perhaps going…
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