en_tn/luk/07/12.md

behold, a man who had died

The word "behold" alerts us to the introduction of the dead man into the story. Your language may have a way of doing this. AT: "there was a dead man who" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants)

a man who had died was being carried out

This can be stated in active form. AT: "people were carrying out of the city a man who had died" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a rather large crowd

"carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A rather large crowd." This is background information about the dead man and his mother. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

widow

a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried