Luke 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:4

They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

BSB

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ASV

And they, when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him;

KJV

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

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Commentary

2 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (339)

And the elders of the Jews indeed demand favours for a small sum spent in the service of the synagogue, but the Lord not for this, but a higher reason, manifested Himself, wishing in truth to beget a belief in all men by His own power, as it follows, Then Jesus went with them.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 600: “The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1864)

THIS Centurion certainly had a high reputation. Two features of character blend in him which do not often meet in such graceful harmony. He won the high opinion of others and yet he held a low estimation of himself. There are some who think little of themselves. And they are quite correct in their feelings as all the world would endorse the estimate of their littleness. Others there are who think great things of themselves—but the more they are known the less they are praised—and the higher they carry their heads the more the world laughs them to scorn!

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
παραγενόμενοι	paragenomenoi	having come	G3854 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
παρεκάλουν	parekaloun	they were begging	G3870 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
σπουδαίως	spoudaiōs	earnestly	G4709 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἄξιός	axios	Worthy	G514 →
ἐστιν	estin	he is	G1510 →
ᾧ	hō	to whom	G3739 →
παρέξῃ	parexē	You will grant	G3930 →
τοῦτο·	touto	this;	G3778 →

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
Revelation 3:4
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
leads to
- Revelation 3:5
  Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
- Revelation 7:9
  After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Revelation 6:11
  Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been…
- Ecclesiastes 9:8
  Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
- Revelation 7:13–14
  Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
Through
Luke 20:35
But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5
  All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
- Daniel 12:2–3
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:29
  and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

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04Related verses

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Luke