26Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.


In Context

23 Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.' "

24 "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed--only Naaman the Syrian."

28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

Luke 4:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:26And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:26and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:26and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26But to none of them was Elijah sent, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but — to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But to none of them was Elias sent, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.