“But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.”
King James Version (KJV)
4:24 No prophet is acceptable in his own country - That is, in his own neighbourhood. It generally holds, that a teacher sent from God is not so acceptable to his neighbours as he is to strangers. The meanness of his family, or lowness of his circumstances, bring his office into contempt: nor can they suffer that he, who was before equal with, or below themselves, should now bear a superior character.
4:25 When the heaven was shut up three years and six months - Such a proof had they that God had sent him. In #1Kings 18:1|, it is said, The word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: namely, reckoning not from the beginning of the drought, but from the time when he began to sojourn with the widow of Sarepta. A year of drought had preceded this, while he dwelt at the brook Cherith. So that the whole time of the drought was (as St. James likewise observes) three years and six months. #1Ki 17:19|; 18:44.
4:27 #2Ki 5:14|.
4:28 And all in the synagogue were filled with fury - Perceiving the purport of his discourse, namely, that the blessing which they despised, would be offered to, and accepted by, the Gentiles. So changeable are the hearts of wicked men! So little are their starts of love to be depended on! So unable are they to bear the close application, even of a discourse which they most admire!
Lu 4:26 Sarepta. The same as Zarephatha, a town between Tyre and Sidon. See 1Ki 17:9,10.
But vnto none of them was Elias sent, saue vnto Sarepta a citie of Sidon, vnto a woman that was a widow.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, {in the land} of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
- Basic English Bible
and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.
- Darby Bible
But to none of them was Elijah sent, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.
- Webster's Bible
and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country.
- Weymouth Bible
Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
- World English Bible
and to noon of hem was Elye sent, but in to Sarepta of Sydon, to a widowe.
- Wycliffe Bible
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;
- Youngs Literal Bible