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Luke 7:15

The man who was dead sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Dead (People);   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Widow;   Scofield Reference Index - Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Body;   Christ;   Conqueror over Death;   Death;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Resurrections;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dead, the;   Life, Natural;   Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Nain;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Luke, gospel of;   Miracles;   Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Miracle;   Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   Widow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nain;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Diseases;   Luke, Gospel of;   Nain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   John, Gospel of;   Miracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Burial;   Children;   Dominion (2);   Lazarus;   Mission;   Walk (2);   Widow ;   Young Man;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gospels, the Synoptic;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
King James Version (1611)
And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake: and he deliuered him to his mother.
King James Version
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
English Standard Version
And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
New American Standard Bible
And the dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
New Century Version
And the son sat up and began to talk. Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Berean Standard Bible
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Contemporary English Version
The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.
Complete Jewish Bible
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Yeshua gave him to his mother.
Darby Translation
And the dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the boy sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake, and he deliuered him to his mother.
George Lamsa Translation
And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Good News Translation
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Lexham English Bible
And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother.
Literal Translation
And the dead one sat up and began to speak. And He gave him to his mother.
American Standard Version
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Bible in Basic English
And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.
Hebrew Names Version
He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. He gave him to his mother.
International Standard Version
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesushe">[fn] gave him back to his mother.
Etheridge Translation
And the dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Murdock Translation
And the dead man sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake: And he delyuered hym to his mother.
English Revised Version
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
World English Bible
He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. He gave him to his mother.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the dead man sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother.
Weymouth's New Testament
The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he that was deed sat vp ayen, and bigan to speke; and he yaf hym to his modir.
Update Bible Version
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak, and he delivered him to his mother.
New English Translation
So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
New King James Version
So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother.
New Living Translation
Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
New Life Bible
The man who was dead sat up and began to talk. Then Jesus gave him to his mother.
New Revised Standard
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the dead man sat up, and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that was dead sat up and begun to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Revised Standard Version
And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ye deed sate vp and beganne to speake. And he delyvered him to his mother.
Young's Literal Translation
and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the deed sat vp, and beganne to speake. And he delyuered him vnto his mother.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and the deceased sat up, and began to speak, and Jesus delivered him to his mother.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The lid opened and the young man began to speak to everyone. Then Jesus helped him out and walked him to his grieving mom.

Contextual Overview

11Soon afterward Jesus went to a city called Nain [near Nazareth], and His disciples and a large crowd accompanied Him. 12Now as He approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her [in the funeral procession]. 13When the Lord saw her, He felt [great] compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep." 14And He came up and touched the bier [on which the body rested], and the pallbearers stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise [from death]!" 15The man who was dead sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.16Fear and profound awe gripped them all, and they began glorifying and honoring and praising God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people [to help and care for and provide for them]!" 17This news about Him spread through all of Judea and in all the surrounding countryside. 18John's disciples brought word to him [in prison] of all these things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 17:23, 1 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 4:32-37, 2 Kings 13:21

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:35 - and the child opened 2 Kings 4:36 - Take up 2 Kings 6:7 - Take it up Mark 5:41 - Damsel Luke 7:22 - the dead Luke 8:54 - Maid Luke 9:42 - and delivered John 5:21 - even John 11:43 - Lazarus John 11:44 - Loose Acts 9:41 - widows

Cross-References

Genesis 7:19
The waters prevailed so greatly and were so mighty and overwhelming on the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
Genesis 7:20
[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered.
Isaiah 11:6
And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together; And a little child will lead them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that was dead,.... That had been dead, (for he was now alive,) as it was a clear case to all his relations and friends, or they would never have brought him out to bury him:

sat up; upon the bed, or bier: and began to speak; both which, his sitting up and speaking, were plain proofs of his being brought to life:

and he delivered him to his mother; for whose sake he raised him from the dead, commiserating her case: wherefore, as Christ showed his power in raising the dead man, he discovered great humanity, kindness, and tenderness, in delivering him alive to his mother; which might be done after he came off of the bier, by taking him by the hand, and leading him to his mother, and giving him up into her arms: think what affecting scene this must be!


 
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