Luke 4:26 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 4:26

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

KJV

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But unto none of them was Elias sent,.... That is, to none of the poor widows in the land of Israel was the prophet sent, to supply them with food, and relieve them in their famishing circumstances, as might most reasonably have been expected: save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon; which in 1Ki 17:10 is called "Zarephath"; and by the Septuagint there, "Sarepta of Sidon", as here.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

1 , that in the third year Elijah showed himself to Ahab, and there was rain; but that was not the third year of the drought, but the third year of Elijah's sojourning with the widow of Sarepta. As God would hereby show himself a Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows, so he would show that he was rich in mercy to all, even to the Gentiles.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta - The sentence is elliptical, and means this: To none of them was Elias sent; he was not sent except to Sarepta; for the widow at Sarepta was a Sidonian, not a widow of Israel. Pearce. - Sarepta was a pagan city in the country of Sidon, in the vicinity of Galilee.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
οὐδεμίαν	oudemian	none	G3762 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
ἐπέμφθη	epemphthē	was sent	G3992 →
Ἠλίας	Ēlias	Elijah	G2243 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Σάρεπτα	Sarepta	Zarephath	G4558 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Σιδωνίας	Sidōnias	of Sidon	G4606 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	a woman	G1135 →
χήραν.	chēran	a widow.	G5503 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Obadiah 1:20
And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of…
leads to
- 1 Kings 17:9–10
  “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
- Jeremiah 33:13
  In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under…
- Jeremiah 32:44
  Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill…
Through
Matthew 11:21
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
leads to
- Ezekiel 3:6–7
  not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
- Mark 6:45
  Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
- Matthew 15:21
  Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
- John 12:21
  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
- Job 42:6
  Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”