26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (A)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And (B)there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, (C)but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to [a](A)Zarephath, in the land of (B)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was [b]cleansed, but only (C)Naaman the Syrian.” 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:26 Gr Sarepta
  2. Luke 4:27 I.e., healed

25-26 “During the time of Elijah it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows in Israel during that time. But the fact is, Elijah was sent to none of those widows in Israel. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.

27 “And there were many people with leprosy living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were healed; the only one was Naaman. And he was from the country of Syria, not Israel.”

28 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were very angry.

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