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The scene of Christ's raising the widow's son (Luke 7:12). Now Nein on N.W. verge of jebel ed Duhy (Little Hermon) where it slopes down to Esdraelon plain. The rock W. of the village abounds in cave tombs, also in the E. side. Eighteen miles from Capernaum, where Jesus had been the preceding day. Josephus (Ant. 20:5, section 1) notices Nain as on the way from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very way Jesus was going.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Nain'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/n/nain.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Nain'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/n/nain.html. 1949.
