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What is Nain?
        NA'IN
        (beauty), a town in Galilee where Christ raised the widow's dead son to life. Luke 7:11. It is now called Nein, and is on the north-western edge of Little Hermon, 6 miles south-east of Nazareth, and 25 miles south-west of Tell Hum (Capernaum?). Jesus must have met the funeral procession on the steep downward slope, down which a road now leads toward the ancient sepulchral caves on the west side of the village. The ruins indicate that Nain was a considerable town, once protected by walls and gates. It is now a miserable Mohammedan hamlet of about twenty mud and stone houses. It is in full view of Mount Tabor, and often used by travellers as a stopping-place for luncheon.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'nain' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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