More than twenty miles from Capernaum, on a tableland overlooking the wide, beautiful plain of Esdraelon, lay the village of Nain, and thither Jesus next bent His steps. Many of His disciples and others were with Him, and all along the way the people came, longing for His words of love and pity, bringing their sick for His healing, and ever with the hope that He who wielded such wondrous power would make Himself known as the King of Israel. A multitude thronged His steps, and it was a glad, expectant company that followed Him up the rocky path toward the gate of the mountain village.

Over tredive kilometer fra Kapernaum, på en højslette med udsigt over den store, smukke Esdralon slette, lå landsbyen Nain, og derhen begav Jesus sig nu. Mange af hans disciple og andre fulgte med ham, og langs hele vejen kom der mennesker, som længtes efter hans kærlige og medfølende ord og medbragte deres syge, for at han kunne helbrede dem. De kom bestandig med dette håb, at han, som udøvede en så forunderlig magt, ville give sig til kende som Israels konge. En stor skare flokkedes om ham på vejen, og det var et glad og forventningsfuldt følge, der ledsagede ham op ad bjergstien til den lille bys porte.