Next Jesus raises someone from the dead. This time it is the only son of a widow, so again Luke is focusing on people whom society would not regard as particularly important. The son was being carried out on a bier, probably in an open coffin. Jesus' heart went out to the woman. Our God is a God of compassion. Jesus also knew what He was going to do, so He tells her not to cry. Now this would have seemed very strange, even heartless advice from Jesus. Sometimes God says things to us that make no sense, but that is because we do not know what He is going to do next, but He does. We can always trust the Lord, always be confident in His deep love for us.
Jesus went up to the bier and touched it. This would risk breaking the Jewish Law, for to touch a dead person made you unclean (Num 19:16). Jesus commanded the man to get up and he did so.
Not surprisingly this filled the people with awe. They knew that someone special was here, and also that He had come to help His people. The news about Jesus spread further afield.
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