Luke 4:26

Luke 4:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.

Context of Luke 4:26

24“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” 28All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

Luke 4:26 word by word

καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη Ἠλίας εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα τῆς Σιδωνίας πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wasπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• EliasἩλίαςHēlias · ElijahG2243
• ·εἰei · if: notG1487
• saveμήmē · notG3361
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• SareptaΣάρεπταSarepta · ZarephathG4558
• of Sidonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of SidonΣιδώνSidōn · SidonG4605
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• a widowχήραchēra · widowG5503

Cross-references for Luke 4:26

• 1 Kings 17:9“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
• Obadiah 1:20This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan will possess the land as far as Zarephath; the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev.

Commentaries on Luke 4:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta - The sentence is elliptical, and means this: To none of them was Elias sent; he was not sent except to Sarepta; for the widow at Sarepta was a Sidonian, not a widow of Israel. Pearce. - Sarepta was a pagan city in the country of Sidon, in the vicinity of Galilee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Save unto Sarepta - Sarepta was a town between Tyre and Sidon, near the Mediterranean Sea. It was not a “Jewish” city, but a Sidonian, and therefore a “Gentile” town. The word “save” in this verse does not express the meaning of the original. It would seem to imply that the city was Jewish. The meaning of the verse is this: “He was sent to none of the widows in Israel. He was not sent except to Sarepta, to a woman that was a “Sidonian.” Dr. Thomson (“The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him and on him, without measure. By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to bring light to those that sat in the dark, and by the power of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26widow of Zarephath: See 1 Kings 17–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. But I tell you, &c.--falling back for support on the well-known examples of Elijah and Elisha (Eliseus), whose miraculous power, passing by those who were near, expended itself on those at a distance, yea on heathens, "the two great prophets who stand at the commencement of prophetic antiquity, and whose miracles strikingly prefigured those of our Lord. As He intended like them to feed the poor and cleanse the lepers, He points to these miracles of…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:26

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Nazareth
• Predestination
• Prophets
• Synagogue
• Word of God
• Zarephath

In the dictionaries

• Sidon
• Capernaum
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Isaiah, The Book of
• Keep
• Kings, The Books of
• Rebuke
• Sarepta

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings