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Luke 4:26

ElijahSidonZarephath
The stranger and outcast

24 Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

25 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.

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

27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
KJV
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
WEB
Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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.
DARBY
and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.
BLB
And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath of the Sidonians, to a woman, a widow.
ÅB
og til ingen av dem ble Elias sendt, men bare til en enke i Sarepta i Sidons land.
OTB
Likevel ble Elias ikke sendt til noen av dem, men til en enke i Sarepta i Sidons land.
B1930
og til ingen av dem blev Elias sendt, men bare til en enke i Sarepta i Sidons land.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 17:9–24

    “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

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  • 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.

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  • 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 the Negev.

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