Nain
NA`IN (beauty, dwelling). Now Nein, is a small village of
Galilee, near Mt. Tabor. Christ raised from death the
widow`s son near its gate, Luke 7:12....
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This map shows the region of Nabatea in the land of ancient
Israel.
The region of Nabatea was conquered by the Romans under the
rule of Pompey. He restored the cities that were destroyed
by the Jews and set up the Decapolis. The region of Nabatea
was used by the Romans as a buffer state against the desert
tribes and prospered when it official...
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This map shows the town of Nain where Jesus visited brought
a widow`s son back to life!
The Bible says that Jesus was saddened when he entered the
town and saw that a widowed woman`s only son had died. He
told her not to cry, then commanded her son to get up--and
he did!...
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na'-in (Navi): This town is mentioned in Scripture only in
connection with the visit of Jesus and the miracle of
raising the widow's son from the dead (Lk 7:11). The name
persists to this day, and in the form of Nein clings to a
small village on the northwestern slope of Jebel ed-Duchy
("Hill of Moreh"), the mountain which, since the Middle
A...
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(A city in Galilee)
-Jesus restores to life a widow's son in
Lu 7:11...
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(beauty), a village of Galilee, the gate of which is made
illustrious by the raising of the widow's son. Lu 7:12 The
modern Nein is situated on the northwestern edge of the
"Little Hermon," or Jebel-ed-Duhy, where the ground falls into
the plain of Esdraelon. The entrance to the place, where our
Saviour met the funeral, must probably always ha...
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(from Heb. nain, "green pastures," "lovely"), the name of a
town
near the gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow's
son (Luke
7:11-17). It is identified with the village called
Nein,
standing on the north-western slope of Jebel ed-Duhy
(=the "hill
Moreh" = "Little hermon"), about 4 miles from Tabor
and 25
southwest of Capernaum. At the...
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The scene of Christ's raising the widow's son (Luke 7:12). Now
Nein on N.W. verge of jebel ed Duhy (Little Hermon) where it
slopes down to Esdraelon plain. The rock W. of the village
abounds in cave tombs, also in the E. side. Eighteen miles
from Capernaum, where Jesus had been the preceding day.
Josephus (Ant. 20:5, section 1) notices Nain as...
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And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city
called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much
people....
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