When the Lord saw her, &c.— Jesus, whose tenderness made him susceptible of the strongest impressions from occurrences of this kind, knowing that the mother's affection was bitter, and the occasion of it real, was greatly moved at the sorrowful scene. Nor was his sympathy vain: he resolved to turn their mourning into joy, by raising the young man from the dead. The opportunity was peculiarly proper, as the multitude of the people attending the corpse entirely prevented all suspicion that the person carried out was not dead; since to manage with success a fraud, in which so many must have been concerned, was absolutely impossible. The miracle therefore being liable to no objection, Jesus came nigh, laid hold on the bier, and uttered the commanding voice, Young man, I say unto thee, arise! Immediately, at his authoritative call, the youth revived, having received life from Jesus, who, instead of shewing him around to the multitude, by a singular exercise of modesty and humanity presented him to his mother; Luke 7:15 to intimate, that in compassion to her affliction he had wrought the life-giving miracle. At the same time, as it was performed near the city gate, which anciently was the place of public resort, the youth must have been raised from the dead in the presence of many witnesses, particularly the multitude which came with Jesus, the people who accompanied the corpse, and all who happened at that instant to be in the gate upon business: wherefore, being so publicly performed, this great miracle became a noble confirmation of our Lord's mission. "The ancients," says Grotius, "observe, that in three of the miracles performed by Jesus after his sermon on the mount, the three kinds of God's benefits are represented us: First, Those which are conferred upon our suing to God for them ourselves, as in the case of the leper. Secondly, Those which are obtained for us by the prayers of others, as in the case of the centurion's servant. And, thirdly, Those which God bestows without being asked, as in the present case. To which kind of mercy the apostles very justly refer the calling of the Gentiles."
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Luke 7:13-15
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her,Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier:b and they that bare him stood still. And he said,Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.