Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Luke 7:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 7:13 centers Jesus' compassion on the widowed mother before restoring her son.
A funeral column meets a word that gives the son back
This verse is one part of that explanation in Luke 7:11–7:17. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Luke 7:11–7:17
Read Luke 7:13 with 7:11–7:17. In isolation, this contribution—centers Jesus' compassion on the widowed mother before restoring her son—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: At Nain Jesus sees a widowed mother in a funeral procession, has compassion, touches the bier, restores her only son, gives him to his mother, and prompts prophetic acclaim.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 7:11–7:17.
- At Nain Jesus sees a widowed mother in a funeral procession, has compassion, touches the bier, restores her only son, gives him to his mother, and prompts prophetic acclaim.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: Luke narrates extraordinary restoration and echoes Elijah-Elisha traditions; it does not explain the son's later life or why other bereaved families do not receive the same outcome.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—centers Jesus' compassion on the widowed mother before restoring her son—from the complete unit or override the unit's explicit boundary: The scene does not guarantee resurrection now, shame grief, replace death care, or turn a widow's loss into spectacle.
What Remains True
Luke 7:13 centers Jesus' compassion on the widowed mother before restoring her son. Read inside Luke 7:11–7:17, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: At Nain Jesus sees a widowed mother in a funeral procession, has compassion, touches the bier, restores her only son, gives him to his mother, and prompts prophetic acclaim. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Luke 7:11–7:17 — Jesus Restores a Widow's Only SonSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 7:11–7:17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 7:11–7:17
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 7:11–7:17
Open source ↗