Verse 12

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 8:42 : 42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.
  • Luke 8:52 : 52 Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”
  • John 11:19 : 19 so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
  • Acts 9:41 : 41 He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God. 5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
  • Gen 22:2 : 2 God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
  • 2 Sam 14:7 : 7 Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:9 : 9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:12 : 12 She said,“As certainly as the LORD your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 She asked Elijah,“Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
  • 1 Kgs 17:23 : 23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said,“See, your son is alive!”
  • 2 Kgs 4:16 : 16 He said,“About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said,“No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
  • 2 Kgs 4:20 : 20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.
  • Job 29:13 : 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.