Luke 7:3 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:3

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

BSB

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ASV

And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.

KJV

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when he heard of Jesus,.... That he was come, as the Ethiopic version adds, into the city of Capernaum; or of his miracles, which he had done there, and elsewhere: he sent unto him the elders of the Jews: in whom he had an interest, judging himself, being a Gentile, very unworthy and unfit to go himself, and ask a favour of so great a person as Christ was, such was his modesty and humility.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Elders of the Jews - These were either magistrates in the place, or the elders of the synagogue which the centurion had built, Luk 7:5. He sent these, probably, because he was afraid to come to Christ himself, not being a Jew, either by nation or religion. In the parallel place in Matthew, he is represented as coming to Christ himself; but it is a usual form of speech in all nations, to attribute the act to a person which is done not by himself, but by his authority.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀκούσας	akousas	Having heard	G191 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
ἀπέστειλεν	apesteilen	he sent	G649 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
πρεσβυτέρους	presbuterous	elders	G4245 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίων	Ioudaiōn	Jews	G2453 →
ἐρωτῶν	erōtōn	begging	G2065 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ὅπως	hopōs	that	G3704 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
διασώσῃ	diasōsē	He may save	G1295 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
δοῦλον	doulon	servant	G1401 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 8:5
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
leads to
- Luke 7:1–10
  When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
- Acts 27:43
  But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
- Matthew 27:54
  When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
Through
Philemon 1:10
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
leads to
- Colossians 4:9
  With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15
  Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- 1 Timothy 1:2
  To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Galatians 4:19
  My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
- Titus 1:4
  To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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04Related verses

06About Luke

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About Luke