Pentecost Season · Year C
Proper 5
June 11, 2028
Overview & Insights
“‘Young man, I say to you, arise.’ And the dead man sat up and began to speak.” (Luke 7:14–15)
After the controversies of 5:17–6:11 and the collection of teaching on discipleship in 6:12–49, Luke now resumes his account of Jesus’s public activity in and around Capernaum with two instances of Jesus’s spectacular healing power. These two healings are of men, one of whom is already dead; in 8:40–56 Luke will tell of the healing of two women, one of whom is already dead. Luke often likes to balance male and female in the stories he tells. This section also brings together two stories in which Jesus responds to the needs of first a man and then a woman, each facing the loss of a loved one. Matthew’s account of the healing of the centurion’s servant (8:5–13) emphasizes the centurion’s status as a Gentile and develops that theme with a powerful saying about the universal scope of the kingdom of heaven (8:11–12), which Luke has elsewhere (13:28–29).
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Luke 7 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic verse-by-verse commentaries on the raising at Nain.
Luke 7 Commentary: The Sick Healed, the Dead Raised Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's chapter commentary covers Jesus' compassion for the grieving widow.
Luke 7:11-17 Center for Excellence in Preaching
Preaching-focused notes on Jesus acting on compassion without being asked.
Commentary on Luke 7:11-17 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary's lectionary commentary on this first Lukan raising from the dead.
Luke 7 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Albert Barnes' verse notes give useful word-level detail on the miracle at Nain.
May 30, 2016 - Proper 5C Archives Center for Excellence in Preaching
Weekly sermon-starter roundup for Proper 5C gathering illustration ideas across all four readings.
Background & Word Study
Luke 7:11 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek interlinear for Jesus' command "egeire" (rise) to the dead man.
Luke 1-9 Video Overview BibleProject
Animated overview sets this miracle within Jesus' early Galilean ministry.
Luke Course Overview Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's book-level introduction to Luke's themes of compassion and reversal.
Luke 7:11-17 - A Widow's Son Returned to Life Enter the Bible
A passage-specific study page comparing this miracle to Elijah's raising of the widow's son.
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What happens at Nain?
Meeting a widow burying her only son, Jesus is moved with compassion, touches the bier, and raises him, giving him back to his mother; the crowd glorifies God (Luke 7:11–17).
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