Luke 4:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save, х ei-mee (G1508)] - rather, 'but only,' as the same phrase means in Mark 13:32,

Unto Sarepta - or "Zarephath" (1 Kings 17:9), far beyond the northern border of Palestine, and near to Sidon (see Mark 7:24):

Unto a woman that was a widow. Passing by all the famishing widows in Israel, the prophet was sent to one who was not an Israelite at all.

Luke 4:26

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