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Only Luke recounts the story of Jesus raising the son of the widow of Nain from death.
But all three of the synoptic gospels mention the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law (πενθερά).
It’s striking that the first pope, as he’s often regarded, had a mother-in-law. That fact rather suggests, unless I’m missing something, that he was married.
The traditional site of the home of Peter in Capernaum is one of my favorite tour stops when we take groups to Israel, because I think the case for its authenticity is quite strong. Which means that it’s one spot — and, anyway, Capernaum’s not that big — where we can be quite confident that Jesus was actually there.
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