From Marg Mowczko here.
Footnotes
[1] Widows are always presented in a sympathetic and honourable light in Luke-Acts:
- Luke 2:36-38: the ministry of Anna the prophetess, a widow, in the temple;
- Luke 4:25-26: Elijah and the widow of Zarephath;
- Luke 7:11-17: the healing of the widow of Nain’s only son;
- Luke 18:1-8: the parable of the persistent widow;
- Luke 20:45-47: the harsh judgment of scribes who “devour widows’ houses”;
- Luke 22:1-3: the poor widow’s gift to the temple treasury;
- Acts 6:1ff: the provision of ministry to Greek-speaking widows in Jerusalem;
- Acts 9:36-42: Tabitha and the widows in Joppa.
