THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE - Chapter 7 - Verse 11

Verse 11. A city called Nain. This city was in Galilee, in the boundaries of the tribe of Issachar. It was about two miles south of Mount Tabor, and not far from Capernaum. It is now a small village inhabited by Jews, Mohammedans, and Christians. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. ii. p. 158) locates it on the north-west corner of a mount now called Jebel ed Duhy, one hour's ride from the foot of Mount Tabor. Of this place he says:

"This mount is now called Jebel ed Duhy, and that small

hamlet on the north-west comer of it is Nain, famous for

the restoration of the widow's son to life. It was

once a place of considerable extent, but is now little

more than a cluster of ruins, among which dwell a few

families of fanatical Moslems. It is in keeping with the

one historic incident that renders it dear to the Christian,

that its only antiquities are tombs. These are situated

mainly on the east of the village, and it was in that

direction, I presume, that the widow's son was being

carried on that memorable occasion. It took me just an

hour to ride from the foot of Tabor to Nain."