Luke 7:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 7:9

He marvelled , &c. The only other instance of the Lord's marvelling is at their unbelief (Mark 6:6 ). not. . . . no, not = not even. Greek. oude. in. Greek. en. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 7:9

And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.It does not appear that the centurion ever came into the presence of the Lord, physically; but, disclaiming for himself any worthiness that Jesus might come under his roof, he nevertheless received him in his heart, which was a far more glorious... 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 7:9-10

Jesus’ comment did not slander the faith of the Jews. One would expect them to have faith since they had the prophecies about Messiah in Scripture, but the Gentiles did not have that light. The centurion believed that Jesus could heal His servant, not that He would heal him. The only two instances of Jesus "marveling" at people are here, on account of faith, and at Nazareth, because of unbelief (Mark 6:6). The centurion’s belief in Jesus’ authority was unusual, apparently because it rested on... 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 7:9

(9) I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.—It is, perhaps, characteristic of both the Evangelists that St. Luke omits the warning words which St. Matthew records as to the “many that shall come from the east and the west,” and the exclusion of the children of the kingdom. 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

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:1-50

A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a woman of Canaan later came to Him herself, asking His mercy for her daughter (Matthew 15:22), but He ignored her because she appealed to Him as though she was Jewish. But when she called Him "Lord" rather than "Son of David," He reminded her that she was in the place of a "dog," being a Gentile.... read more

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