This case was unique in its misery—the only
This case was unique in its misery—the only son of a widow was being carried in the coffin. The Savior's compassion was also unique in His loving sympathy. He volunteered, in His tender mercy, His power of resurrection to raise the widow's son from death, without being asked to do so. This indicates His unique commission, coming to save lost sinners (Luke 19:10), and shows the high standard of His morality, as a Man-Savior, in saving sinners.
Luke 7:13-15 says, "And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her, Do not weep. And approaching, He touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise! And the dead man sat up and began to speak; and He gave him to his mother." Here we see the Man-Savior's compassion in speaking to the widow and in touching the coffin. When He touched the coffin, those who were carrying it stood still. Then the Lord commanded the dead son of the widow to arise. This is the Lord's divine attributes ex pressed in His human virtues.
Luke, who wrote his Gospel according to the sequence of morality, put together the two cases of the healing of the centurion's slave and the raising up of the widow's son. In the case of the