Luke 7:17

And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judaea, and all the region round about.

The whole of Judaea ... is inclusive of the entire domain of the Herods (Antipas and Agrippa I) with "all the region round about," thus having reference to the whole of what is today called Palestine. There is no way for men to stretch their minds to fully comprehend the impact of such a miracle as Jesus performed, shocking the entire eastern half of the Roman empire.

Nor should it be left unnoticed that this miracle was wrought within a very few miles of Nazareth, whose citizens refused to believe in Jesus. This miracle was close enough that they could not have avoided knowing it happened; and thus Jesus gave his home village another chance to believe on him whom they had despised.

There is a progression in the New Testament resurrections. The daughter of Jairus had been dead but a little while; this son of the widow was dead a longer period, the body being carried to the tomb; and Lazarus was dead and buried four days! All of the resurrections Jesus wrought (except his own) have this in common, that no word has come down to posterity of what any of them said concerning the state of death from which they were rescued. As Taylor said, "They uttered no word concerning the state from which they had been recalled. It was not theirs to bring light and immortality to light."[17]; THAT was reserved for Christ.