KJV King James Version
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
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Luke 4:26
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
WEB World English Bible
Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
ASV American Standard Version
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but—to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;
Surrounding context — Luke 4
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withοὐδεμίανG3762 · oudeisnoneαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heἐπέμφθηG3992 · pempōto sendἨλίαςG2243 · HēliasElijahεἰG1487 · eiifμὴG3361 · mēnotεἰςG1519 · eistowardΣάρεπταG4558 · SareptaZarephathτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoΣιδωνίαςG4606 · SidōniosSidonianπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withγυναῖκαG1135 · gunēwomanχήραν.G5503 · chērawidow
Cross-references
1 Kings 17:9-24Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Obadiah 1:20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
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