Luke 4:25

Translations

Modern

But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

Traditional

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Literal

And in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came upon all the land.

Latin

In veritate dico vobis, multæ viduæ erant in diebus Eliæ in Israël, quando clausum est cælum annis tribus et mensibus sex, cum facta esset fames magna in omni terra:

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Greek

English

But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

Notes

Luke 4:25–26

widow of Zarephath: See 1 Kings 17–18.

Luke 4:16–30

The sermon Jesus gave in Nazareth showed what his whole public ministry would be about. He returned to the synagogue in his hometown to announce the good news that God’s salvation had come. The people were pleased at first. But then Jesus reminded them that God also reaches out to Gentiles, not only to Jews. This made the crowd so angry that they tried to kill him.

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Encounters with Jesus Preaching to a Tough Crowd

Events

Jesus Rejected at Nazarethc. AD 27

Related verses

1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
James 5:17
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
1 Kings 18:1–2
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
Matthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Mark 7:26–29
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
Luke 10:21
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Romans 9:15
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Parallels

Isaiah 61:1–11 Matthew 13:53–58 Mark 6:1–6

People

Elijah: A prophet during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ahab (King) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Elijah Elisha Gospel Heal, Healing Heaven Incarnation Judaism Luke, Gospel of Nazareth Prophecy Sidon (Place), Sidonian Teacher

Topics

Holy Land: Called: The Land Jesus, the Christ: Is Rejected by the People of Nazareth; Lives at Capernaum Nazareth: People of, Reject Jesus Predestination: General Scriptures Concerning Prophets: Not Honored in Their own Country Synagogue: The Scriptures Were Read and Expounded In Word of God by Jesus

Luke 4:25

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