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

Other Translations of Luke 4:26

King James Version

26 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

26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

The Message

26 but the only widow to whom Elijah was sent was in Sarepta in Sidon?

New King James Version

26 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

26 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 4:26

Commentary on Luke 4:14-30

(Read Luke 4:14-30)

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 grace, to give sight to those that were blind. And he preached the acceptable year of the Lord. Let sinners attend to the Saviour's invitation when liberty is thus proclaimed. Christ's name was Wonderful; in nothing was he more so than in the word of his grace, and the power that went along with it. We may well wonder that he should speak such words of grace to such graceless wretches as mankind. Some prejudice often furnishes an objection against the humbling doctrine of the cross; and while it is the word of God that stirs up men's enmity, they will blame the conduct or manner of the speaker. The doctrine of God's sovereignty, his right to do his will, provokes proud men. They will not seek his favour in his own way; and are angry when others have the favours they neglect. Still is Jesus rejected by multitudes who hear the same message from his words. While they crucify him afresh by their sins, may we honour him as the Son of God, the Saviour of men, and seek to show we do so by our obedience.