Luke 7:13

13 And [when] the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"

Luke 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her
Knowing her case, that she was a widow, and had lost her only son:

and said unto her, weep not;
signifying, that he would help her, which he did without being asked to do it, as usual in other cases.

Luke 7:13 In-Context

11 And it happened that on the next [day] he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

12 And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

13 And [when] the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"

14 And he came up [and] touched the bier, and those who were carrying [it] stopped. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal