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The three Resurrection Miracles have now been placed within their own page spaces, which saves you from having to scroll down to each and every one of them. Perhaps the least known of these miracles is the account of the widow’s son at Nain, found only in Luke’s Gospel. In the 1978 epic “Jesus of Nazareth, it is omitted completely, whereas the raising of Jairus’ daughter (Capernaum, so titled as the miracle can be traced to that region at least) and the raising of Lazarus (Bethany) were included.
I suspect that the raising of the widow’s son at Nain is arguably the most urgent of the three. For instance, in the patriarchal culture of the day, it was the menfolk who went to work to earn a living to keep the household. Not only was the husband dead in this instance, but now the son too. This meant that the widow would have been utterly destitute, a charity case if you like. I suspect that neighbourly charity would have only lasted for a certain length of time and the widow herself wouldn’t have wanted to be a constant burden on anyone. Jesus recognised this and immediately took pity on her and raised her son back to life. Her mourning was turned into joy and celebration, something that we can all rejoice in ourselves when we accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord, thereby attaining the resurrection to eternal life after our earthly pilgrimage is over.
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Peter.
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