Jesus Befriends the Widow of Nain
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him. Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial—an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her. When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her: “Do not weep.” Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said:
“Young man, I am speaking to you—Rise!”
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother. Every one was awe-struck and began praising God.
“A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said; “and God has visited his people.”
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.
The Baptist’s Message to Jesus
All these events were reported to John by his disciples. So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask—
“Are you ‘The One Coming,’ or are we to look for some one else?”
When these men found Jesus, they said:
“John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask—’Are you “The One Coming,” or are we to look for somebody else?'”
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight. So his answer to the question was:
“Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard—the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor. And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me.”
— Luke.
Jesus and John the Baptizer were educated in the same school—the home.