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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:5

Verse 5 Luke 7:5.For he loveth our nation This was, no doubt, a commendation given him by the Jews on account of his piety: (501) for his love of a nation universally hated could proceed only from zeal for the Law, and from reverence for God. By building a synagogue, he showed plainly that he favored the doctrine of the Law. The Jews had therefore good grounds for saying that, as a devout worshipper of God, he had claims on Christ for receiving such a favor. They discover, at the same time, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1

Now when he had ended all his sayings . This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great discourse evidently occupied a position of its own in the public ministry of the Lord. Its great length, its definite announcement of the kind of reign he was inaugurating over the hearts of men, its stern rebuke of the dominant religious teaching of the day, its grave prophetic onlooks,—all marked it out as the great manifesto of the new Master, and as such it seems to have been generally... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The servant ( or slave ) of the centurion of Capernaum is healed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The centurion. He is a Roman, whose inclinations were naturally' opposed to all that seemed Jewish. He is a heathen by birth, whose early education was wholly removed from the worship of the Father. He is a soldier with a charge in the garrison of Capernaum, tempted, therefore, to indulgence in a domineering spirit, and to the following of that voice which whispers, "Take thy fill ere death; indulge thee and rejoice." What is the portrait presented? A man deeply in earnest about religious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

Faith in its fulness. The greatness of the centurion's faith is attested by our Lord himself; he declared that it was superior to anything he had "found in Israel." We see evidence of its fulness in that— I. IT TRIUMPHED OVER NATIONAL PREJUDICE . Here is a Roman exercising the most perfect confidence in a Jew—putting one in whom he was closely and deeply interested into the hands of an Israelite. We must remember all the pride of the Romans as such, and all their hatred as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-17

The Saviour of sick and dead. On returning to Capernaum after the sermon on the mount, the Saviour is confronted with a deputation from a centurion about his sick servant. To the miracle of healing in Luke 7:2-10 we turn first; and then we shall consider the miracle of resurrection ( Luke 7:11-17 ), by which it is followed. I. THE SAVIOUR OF THE SICK . (Verses1-10.) 1 . Let us observe the self-abasement of the centurion. And in this connection we must notice the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:2

And a certain centurion's servant ; literally, slave. The difference is important, as we shall see in the picture presented to us of the centurion's character. A centurion was an officer in the Roman army: the grade answers to the modem European captain—German, hauptmann ; the command included a hundred soldiers. Scholars are not agreed respecting the special service of this particular officer. Some consider he was a Greek or Syrian holding a commission under the prince of the country,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:3

And when he heard of Jesus; better rendered, having heard about Jesus. His fame as a good Physician, such as never had arisen before, coupled with his reputation as a Teacher, had now travelled far and wide. The devout centurion probably had watched with extreme interest the career of the strange and remarkable Teacher-Prophet who had risen up among the people, and had apparently (see note on Luke 7:7 ) made up his mind that this Jesus was no mortal man. He sent unto him the elders of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:4-5

He was worthy for whom he should do this: for he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue . There are several mentions of these Roman military officers in the Gospels and Acts, and in every instance the mention is a favourable one. Still more notable instances occur in the case of Cornelius—to whom Peter was specially sent ( Acts 10:1-48 ., 11.)—of the centurion who was on guard at the execution on Calvary, and of the centurion who conveyed Paul to Rome ( Acts 27:1-3 ). On... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:5

Patriotism and piety. The mutual respect shown here by Jew and Roman is very pleasing, and the more so that it was so rare. Disdain rather than regard, hatred rather than affection, characterized both peoples; and it is a very agreeable change to find so different a state of mind. Here the Roman loves the Jewish nation, and the elders of the Jews come out to serve the Roman. The plea which they present to Christ, that out of attachment to their nation he had built them a synagogue, was... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:5

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:5

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