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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 7:7

say in a word = say by, or with a word. Dative case. servant . Here, it is Greek. pais. App-108 . See note on Luke 7:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:7

Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.Such faith as that shown by the centurion is remarkable indeed.Say the word ... It is an attribute of God that his word alone is sufficient unto all things. "He spake, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created" (Psalms 148:5). Read the book of Genesis. God said, "Let there be light. And there was light"! It is amazing that this centurion understood this as being true of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 7:1-10

1. The healing of a centurion’s servant 7:1-10 (cf. Matthew 8:5-13)This incident shows Jesus extending grace to a Gentile through Jewish intermediaries. It would have helped Luke’s original Gentile readers appreciate that Jesus’ mission included them as well as the Jews. It is another case in which Jesus commended the faith of someone (cf. Luke 1:45; Luke 5:20). Luke continued to stress Jesus’ authority and the power of His word (cf. Luke 4:32; Luke 4:36). The similarities between this incident... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 7:6-8

It seems unusual that the centurion would send for Jesus and then tell Him not to come. Apparently his humility moved him to do so (cf. Luke 3:16). He felt unworthy that Jesus should enter his house. He understood that Jews customarily avoided entering the homes of Gentiles because they considered them ritually unclean. He may also have wished to spare Jesus the embarrassment of entering a Gentile’s house since many Jews would have criticized Jesus for doing so. He even felt unfit (spiritually,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:1-50

Raising of the Widow’s Son. The Woman who was a Sinner1-10. Healing of the centurion’s servant. See on Matthew 8:5.11-17. The raising of the widow’s son (peculiar to Lk). On the credibility and significance of Christ’s miracles of resurrection, consult Matthew 9:18; John 11:1.11. Nain] 25 m. SW. of Capernaum on the hill ’little Hermon’ as it slopes down to the plain of Esdraelon: now a squalid collection of mud-hovels. Much people] RV ’a great multitude.’ Lazarus also was raised in the presence... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 7:7

(7) Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy.—The humility of the centurion appears in a yet stronger light than in St. Matthew’s report. Far from expecting the Prophet to come under his roof, he had not dared even to approach Him. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 7:1-50

Three Estimates of One Character Luke 7:4 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 7:9 I. In the first place, we have the estimate formed of this man by his neighbours, 'Saying that he was worthy'. Now in regard to this testimonial, two or three remarks may be made. (1) For one thing, it must, I think, he conceded that these elders had enjoyed the best opportunities for forming a judgment regarding him. He lived in the midst of them. (2) But these elders had another advantage in coming to a knowledge of this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

Chapter 12THE FAITH OF THE CENTURION.Luke 7:1-10OUR Evangelist prefaces the narrative of the healing of the centurion’s servant with one of his characteristic time-marks, the shadow upon his dial-plate being the shadow of the new mount of God: "After He had ended all His sayings in the ears of the people, He entered into Capernaum." The language is unusually weighty, almost solemn, as if the Sermon on the Mount were not so much a sermon as a manifesto, the formal proclamation of the kingdom of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 7:1-50

CHAPTER 7 1. The Centurion’s Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1-10 .) 2. The Widow’s Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11-17 ) 3. John’s Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18-23 ) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. (Luke 7:24-29 ) 5. The Unreasonableness of Unbelief. (Luke 7:30-35 .) 6. The Woman With the Alabaster Box. (Luke 7:36-40 ) 7. The Parable of the Two Debtors. (Luke 7:41-50 .) Luke 7:1-10 In Matthew the healing of the Centurion’s servant comes after the healing of the leper. It teaches... read more

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