Luke 4:26

Yet ¹  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ² 

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

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.

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a widow of Zarephath––a foreigner in the land of Sidon.

but the only widow to whom Elijah was sent was in Sarepta in Sidon?

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.

yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

"but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

Yet ¹  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ² 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

² sn Zarephath in Sidon was Gentile territory (see 1 Kgs 17:9-24). Jesus’ point was that he would be forced to minister elsewhere, and the implication is that this ministry would ultimately extend (through the work of his followers) to those outside the nation.

map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.