Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, х exekomizeto (G1580)] - in the act of being so. Dead bodies, being ceremonially unclean, were not allowed to be buried within the cities-though the kings of David's house were buried in the city of David-and the funeral was usually on the same day as the death.
The only son of his mother, and she was a widow - affecting particulars, and told with delightful simplicity.